The compound described by Mg5Dy crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are five inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. Dy(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Mg(5) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_DyMg5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.674
_cell_length_b   6.199
_cell_length_c   7.164
_cell_angle_alpha   72.900
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   107.236
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   148.273
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.362  0.723  0.777  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.036  0.073  0.950  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.689  0.378  0.121  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.361  0.721  0.278  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.034  0.069  0.432  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.685  0.370  0.608  1.0
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The compound described by Mg5Dy crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are five inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Dy(1) atoms. Dy(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Mg(5) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_DyMg5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.674
_cell_length_b   6.199
_cell_length_c   7.164
_cell_angle_alpha   72.900
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   107.236
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   148.273
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.362  0.723  0.777  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.036  0.073  0.950  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.689  0.378  0.121  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.361  0.721  0.278  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.034  0.069  0.432  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.685  0.370  0.608  1.0
[/CIF]
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