The material described by Li4V3Ni3(SnO8)2 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(15), and one O(3) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-62°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(14), one O(16), one O(5), and one O(9) atom. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), and one O(6) atom. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(13), one O(2), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-66°. There are three inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-53°. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are three inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-57°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-56°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-57°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-56°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Sn(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(1), one V(2), and one Sn(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form corner-sharing OLiV2Ni tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom to form corner-sharing OLiVNi2 tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(4), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted OLiVNiSn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(8)LiVNiSn tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(8)LiVNiSn tetrahedra. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(4), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted OLiVNiSn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(7)LiVNiSn tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiVNiSn tetrahedra. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one V(2), and one Sn(2) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Sn(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sn(2) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Sn(2) atom. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li4V3Ni3(SnO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.925
_cell_length_b   5.867
_cell_length_c   9.790
_cell_angle_alpha   89.984
_cell_angle_beta   90.845
_cell_angle_gamma   119.706
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   295.576
_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
  Li  Li0  1  0.319  0.659  0.889  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.002  0.004  0.990  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.006  0.003  0.495  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.662  0.330  0.400  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.182  0.833  0.213  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.174  0.356  0.218  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.346  0.172  0.718  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.659  0.828  0.212  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.824  0.656  0.714  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.824  0.167  0.714  1.0
  Sn  Sn10  1  0.344  0.671  0.499  1.0
  Sn  Sn11  1  0.673  0.336  0.990  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.178  0.851  0.604  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.031  0.514  0.339  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.311  0.652  0.099  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.022  0.014  0.303  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.014  0.008  0.800  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.178  0.327  0.605  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.466  0.961  0.335  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.469  0.506  0.337  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.329  0.163  0.107  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.695  0.849  0.598  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.497  0.468  0.841  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.495  0.027  0.841  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.637  0.317  0.605  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.856  0.683  0.104  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.954  0.475  0.834  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.853  0.169  0.103  1.0
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The material described by Li4V3Ni3(SnO8)2 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(15), and one O(3) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-62°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(14), one O(16), one O(5), and one O(9) atom. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(1), one O(10), one O(4), and one O(6) atom. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(13), one O(2), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-66°. There are three inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-53°. In the third V site, V(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are three inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-57°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 54-56°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-57°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-56°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Sn(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(4), one V(1), one V(2), and one Sn(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one V(1), one V(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form corner-sharing OLiV2Ni tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom to form corner-sharing OLiVNi2 tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(4), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted OLiVNiSn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(8)LiVNiSn tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(8)LiVNiSn tetrahedra. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(4), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Sn(1) atom to form distorted OLiVNiSn tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(7)LiVNiSn tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(7)LiVNiSn tetrahedra. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one V(2), and one Sn(2) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(1) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Sn(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(3), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one V(3), one Ni(2), and one Ni(3) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sn(2) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded to one Li(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(2), one Ni(1), and one Sn(2) atom. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li4V3Ni3(SnO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.925
_cell_length_b   5.867
_cell_length_c   9.790
_cell_angle_alpha   89.984
_cell_angle_beta   90.845
_cell_angle_gamma   119.706
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   295.576
_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
  Li  Li0  1  0.319  0.659  0.889  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.002  0.004  0.990  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.006  0.003  0.495  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.662  0.330  0.400  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.182  0.833  0.213  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.174  0.356  0.218  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.346  0.172  0.718  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.659  0.828  0.212  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.824  0.656  0.714  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.824  0.167  0.714  1.0
  Sn  Sn10  1  0.344  0.671  0.499  1.0
  Sn  Sn11  1  0.673  0.336  0.990  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.178  0.851  0.604  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.031  0.514  0.339  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.311  0.652  0.099  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.022  0.014  0.303  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.014  0.008  0.800  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.178  0.327  0.605  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.466  0.961  0.335  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.469  0.506  0.337  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.329  0.163  0.107  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.695  0.849  0.598  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.497  0.468  0.841  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.495  0.027  0.841  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.637  0.317  0.605  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.856  0.683  0.104  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.954  0.475  0.834  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.853  0.169  0.103  1.0
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