The compound described by La8(BiSb)3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. There are four inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Bi sites. In the first Bi site, Bi(1) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted BiLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Bi site, Bi(2) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted BiLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted SbLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted SbLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_La8(BiSb)3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.486
_cell_length_b   8.486
_cell_length_c   9.789
_cell_angle_alpha   54.809
_cell_angle_beta   54.809
_cell_angle_gamma   70.524
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   470.762
_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
  La  La0  1  0.351  0.997  0.259  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.141  0.498  0.112  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.502  0.859  0.888  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.003  0.649  0.741  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.643  0.504  0.604  1.0
  La  La5  1  0.857  0.994  0.259  1.0
  La  La6  1  0.496  0.357  0.396  1.0
  La  La7  1  0.006  0.143  0.741  1.0
  Bi  Bi8  1  0.248  0.250  0.878  1.0
  Bi  Bi9  1  0.750  0.752  0.122  1.0
  Bi  Bi10  1  0.628  0.372  0.000  1.0
  Sb  Sb11  1  0.873  0.127  0.500  1.0
  Sb  Sb12  1  0.127  0.625  0.373  1.0
  Sb  Sb13  1  0.375  0.873  0.627  1.0
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The compound described by La8(BiSb)3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. There are four inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Bi(2), two equivalent Bi(1), one Sb(1), and two equivalent Sb(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Bi sites. In the first Bi site, Bi(1) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted BiLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Bi site, Bi(2) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted BiLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. There are two inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted SbLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent La(4) atoms to form distorted SbLa8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent Sb(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Bi(2)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Sb(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent Bi(1)La8 hexagonal bipyramids. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_La8(BiSb)3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.486
_cell_length_b   8.486
_cell_length_c   9.789
_cell_angle_alpha   54.809
_cell_angle_beta   54.809
_cell_angle_gamma   70.524
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   470.762
_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
  La  La0  1  0.351  0.997  0.259  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.141  0.498  0.112  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.502  0.859  0.888  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.003  0.649  0.741  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.643  0.504  0.604  1.0
  La  La5  1  0.857  0.994  0.259  1.0
  La  La6  1  0.496  0.357  0.396  1.0
  La  La7  1  0.006  0.143  0.741  1.0
  Bi  Bi8  1  0.248  0.250  0.878  1.0
  Bi  Bi9  1  0.750  0.752  0.122  1.0
  Bi  Bi10  1  0.628  0.372  0.000  1.0
  Sb  Sb11  1  0.873  0.127  0.500  1.0
  Sb  Sb12  1  0.127  0.625  0.373  1.0
  Sb  Sb13  1  0.375  0.873  0.627  1.0
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