The structure described by Li5Co3(NiO5)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are five inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(2), one O(7), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-14°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(8), two equivalent O(10), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-15°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(5), one O(8), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-13°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), one O(9), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. There are four inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-15°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(7) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-14°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-13°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(5), one Co(1), one Co(2), one Co(4), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to two equivalent Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Li(5), one Co(1), one Co(2), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), two equivalent Li(3), one Ni(1), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi4Ni2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(5), two equivalent Li(2), one Ni(1), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi4Ni2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), one Co(1), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(5), two equivalent Li(2), one Co(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi4CoNi octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), two equivalent Li(3), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi4CoNi octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li5Co3(NiO5)2
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_cell_length_c   7.640
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_cell_angle_beta   76.106
_cell_angle_gamma   98.096
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   178.692
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  Co  Co1  1  0.988  0.197  0.116  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.012  0.803  0.884  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  1.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.503  0.205  0.590  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.497  0.795  0.410  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.493  0.397  0.209  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.507  0.603  0.791  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.998  0.595  0.305  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.002  0.405  0.695  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.775  0.802  0.144  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.225  0.198  0.856  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.232  0.603  0.061  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.768  0.397  0.939  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.224  0.411  0.456  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.776  0.589  0.544  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.736  0.993  0.776  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.264  0.007  0.224  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.762  0.202  0.337  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.238  0.798  0.663  1.0
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The structure described by Li5Co3(NiO5)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are five inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-8°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(2), one O(7), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-14°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(8), two equivalent O(10), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-15°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(5), one O(8), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-13°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), one O(9), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. There are four inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-15°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(7) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-14°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-13°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(5), one Co(1), one Co(2), one Co(4), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to two equivalent Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Li(5), one Co(1), one Co(2), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), two equivalent Li(3), one Ni(1), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi4Ni2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(5), two equivalent Li(2), one Ni(1), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi4Ni2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-11°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), one Co(1), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-14°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(5), two equivalent Li(2), one Co(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi4CoNi octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), two equivalent Li(3), one Co(4), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi4CoNi octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li4CoNi octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co3Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li4CoNi octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li4Ni2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(5)Li4Ni2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li5Co3(NiO5)2
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  Co  Co2  1  0.012  0.803  0.884  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  1.000  1.000  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.503  0.205  0.590  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.497  0.795  0.410  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.493  0.397  0.209  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.507  0.603  0.791  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.998  0.595  0.305  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.002  0.405  0.695  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.775  0.802  0.144  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.225  0.198  0.856  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.232  0.603  0.061  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.768  0.397  0.939  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.224  0.411  0.456  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.776  0.589  0.544  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.736  0.993  0.776  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.264  0.007  0.224  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.762  0.202  0.337  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.238  0.798  0.663  1.0
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