The material structure described by Sc6Ni16Ge7 crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. Sc(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni(1), four equivalent Ni(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Sc(1), three equivalent Ni(1), three equivalent Ni(2), one Ge(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Sc(1), three equivalent Ni(1), three equivalent Ni(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Ni(1) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to four equivalent Sc(1), four equivalent Ni(1), and four equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing GeSc4Ni8 cuboctahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Sc6Ni16Ge7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.224
_cell_length_b   8.224
_cell_length_c   8.224
_cell_angle_alpha   60.000
_cell_angle_beta   60.000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   393.347
_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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.207  0.793  0.793  1.0
  Sc  Sc1  1  0.207  0.793  0.207  1.0
  Sc  Sc2  1  0.793  0.207  0.207  1.0
  Sc  Sc3  1  0.793  0.207  0.793  1.0
  Sc  Sc4  1  0.793  0.793  0.207  1.0
  Sc  Sc5  1  0.207  0.207  0.793  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.381  0.381  0.381  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.507  0.831  0.831  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.619  0.619  0.142  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.169  0.169  0.493  1.0
  Ni  Ni10  1  0.831  0.831  0.507  1.0
  Ni  Ni11  1  0.169  0.169  0.169  1.0
  Ni  Ni12  1  0.831  0.831  0.831  1.0
  Ni  Ni13  1  0.381  0.381  0.858  1.0
  Ni  Ni14  1  0.831  0.507  0.831  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  0.619  0.619  0.619  1.0
  Ni  Ni16  1  0.381  0.858  0.381  1.0
  Ni  Ni17  1  0.142  0.619  0.619  1.0
  Ni  Ni18  1  0.619  0.142  0.619  1.0
  Ni  Ni19  1  0.169  0.493  0.169  1.0
  Ni  Ni20  1  0.858  0.381  0.381  1.0
  Ni  Ni21  1  0.493  0.169  0.169  1.0
  Ge  Ge22  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge23  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge24  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge25  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge26  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge27  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge28  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
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The material structure described by Sc6Ni16Ge7 crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. Sc(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ni(1), four equivalent Ni(2), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded in a 13-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Sc(1), three equivalent Ni(1), three equivalent Ni(2), one Ge(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Sc(1), three equivalent Ni(1), three equivalent Ni(2), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Ni(1) atoms. In the second Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to four equivalent Sc(1), four equivalent Ni(1), and four equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing GeSc4Ni8 cuboctahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Sc6Ni16Ge7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.224
_cell_length_b   8.224
_cell_length_c   8.224
_cell_angle_alpha   60.000
_cell_angle_beta   60.000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   393.347
_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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.207  0.793  0.793  1.0
  Sc  Sc1  1  0.207  0.793  0.207  1.0
  Sc  Sc2  1  0.793  0.207  0.207  1.0
  Sc  Sc3  1  0.793  0.207  0.793  1.0
  Sc  Sc4  1  0.793  0.793  0.207  1.0
  Sc  Sc5  1  0.207  0.207  0.793  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.381  0.381  0.381  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.507  0.831  0.831  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.619  0.619  0.142  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.169  0.169  0.493  1.0
  Ni  Ni10  1  0.831  0.831  0.507  1.0
  Ni  Ni11  1  0.169  0.169  0.169  1.0
  Ni  Ni12  1  0.831  0.831  0.831  1.0
  Ni  Ni13  1  0.381  0.381  0.858  1.0
  Ni  Ni14  1  0.831  0.507  0.831  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  0.619  0.619  0.619  1.0
  Ni  Ni16  1  0.381  0.858  0.381  1.0
  Ni  Ni17  1  0.142  0.619  0.619  1.0
  Ni  Ni18  1  0.619  0.142  0.619  1.0
  Ni  Ni19  1  0.169  0.493  0.169  1.0
  Ni  Ni20  1  0.858  0.381  0.381  1.0
  Ni  Ni21  1  0.493  0.169  0.169  1.0
  Ge  Ge22  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge23  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge24  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge25  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge26  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge27  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Ge  Ge28  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
[/CIF]
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