The compound described by Cd5Ni crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ni(3), one Cd(12), one Cd(6), one Cd(9), two equivalent Cd(13), and two equivalent Cd(5) atoms. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ni(2), one Cd(16), one Cd(4), one Cd(5), one Cd(6), one Cd(7), two equivalent Cd(11), and two equivalent Cd(13) atoms. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent Cd(12), two equivalent Cd(16), and four equivalent Cd(5) atoms. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cd(10), two equivalent Cd(12), and four equivalent Cd(7) atoms. There are sixteen inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one Cd(1), one Cd(10), one Cd(14), one Cd(15), and one Cd(8) atom. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Cd(3), two equivalent Cd(15), two equivalent Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(8), and four equivalent Cd(11) atoms. In the third Cd site, Cd(3) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Cd(2), two equivalent Cd(14), two equivalent Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(9), and four equivalent Cd(13) atoms. In the fourth Cd site, Cd(4) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(14), one Cd(16), one Cd(2), and one Cd(3) atom. In the fifth Cd site, Cd(5) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), one Cd(10), one Cd(14), and one Cd(16) atom. In the sixth Cd site, Cd(6) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(15), and two equivalent Cd(16) atoms. In the seventh Cd site, Cd(7) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ni(2), one Ni(4), one Cd(10), one Cd(15), and one Cd(16) atom. In the eighth Cd site, Cd(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cd(10), one Cd(14), one Cd(2), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(11), and two equivalent Cd(15) atoms. In the ninth Cd site, Cd(9) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Ni(1), one Cd(15), one Cd(3), and two equivalent Cd(14) atoms. In the tenth Cd site, Cd(10) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ni(4), one Cd(14), one Cd(8), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(12), two equivalent Cd(5), and two equivalent Cd(7) atoms. In the eleventh Cd site, Cd(11) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(15), one Cd(2), and one Cd(8) atom. In the twelfth Cd site, Cd(12) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), one Ni(3), one Ni(4), one Cd(15), and two equivalent Cd(10) atoms. In the thirteenth Cd site, Cd(13) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(14), and one Cd(3) atom. In the fourteenth Cd site, Cd(14) is bonded to one Cd(10), one Cd(3), one Cd(4), one Cd(8), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(13), two equivalent Cd(5), and two equivalent Cd(9) atoms to form distorted face-sharing CdCd12 cuboctahedra. In the fifteenth Cd site, Cd(15) is bonded to one Cd(12), one Cd(2), one Cd(6), one Cd(9), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(11), two equivalent Cd(7), and two equivalent Cd(8) atoms to form distorted face-sharing CdCd12 cuboctahedra. In the sixteenth Cd site, Cd(16) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ni(3), two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(16), one Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(5), two equivalent Cd(6), and two equivalent Cd(7) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Cd5Ni
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   9.994
_cell_length_b   9.994
_cell_length_c   10.012
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   91.359
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   999.609
_cell_formula_units_Z   8
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
  Cd  Cd0  1  0.863  0.497  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.503  0.137  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd2  1  0.500  0.500  0.860  1.0
  Cd  Cd3  1  0.137  0.503  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd4  1  0.497  0.863  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd5  1  0.500  0.500  0.140  1.0
  Cd  Cd6  1  0.302  0.698  0.007  1.0
  Cd  Cd7  1  0.054  0.725  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd8  1  0.275  0.946  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd9  1  0.698  0.302  0.007  1.0
  Cd  Cd10  1  0.946  0.275  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd11  1  0.725  0.054  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd12  1  0.799  0.799  0.949  1.0
  Cd  Cd13  1  0.005  0.748  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd14  1  0.748  0.005  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd15  1  0.201  0.201  0.949  1.0
  Cd  Cd16  1  0.995  0.252  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd17  1  0.252  0.995  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd18  1  0.643  0.357  0.653  1.0
  Cd  Cd19  1  0.357  0.643  0.653  1.0
  Cd  Cd20  1  0.346  0.346  0.360  1.0
  Cd  Cd21  1  0.654  0.654  0.360  1.0
  Cd  Cd22  1  0.830  0.170  0.510  1.0
  Cd  Cd23  1  0.490  0.162  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd24  1  0.838  0.510  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd25  1  0.170  0.830  0.510  1.0
  Cd  Cd26  1  0.510  0.838  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd27  1  0.162  0.490  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd28  1  0.134  0.134  0.459  1.0
  Cd  Cd29  1  0.457  0.169  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd30  1  0.169  0.457  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd31  1  0.866  0.866  0.459  1.0
  Cd  Cd32  1  0.543  0.831  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd33  1  0.831  0.543  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd34  1  0.344  0.656  0.333  1.0
  Cd  Cd35  1  0.656  0.344  0.333  1.0
  Cd  Cd36  1  0.678  0.678  0.656  1.0
  Cd  Cd37  1  0.322  0.322  0.656  1.0
  Cd  Cd38  1  0.900  0.100  0.998  1.0
  Cd  Cd39  1  0.100  0.900  0.998  1.0
  Ni  Ni40  1  0.185  0.185  0.204  1.0
  Ni  Ni41  1  0.815  0.815  0.204  1.0
  Ni  Ni42  1  0.361  0.976  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni43  1  0.024  0.639  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni44  1  0.000  0.000  0.246  1.0
  Ni  Ni45  1  0.639  0.024  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni46  1  0.976  0.361  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni47  1  0.000  0.000  0.647  1.0
[/CIF]
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The compound described by Cd5Ni crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ni(3), one Cd(12), one Cd(6), one Cd(9), two equivalent Cd(13), and two equivalent Cd(5) atoms. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ni(2), one Cd(16), one Cd(4), one Cd(5), one Cd(6), one Cd(7), two equivalent Cd(11), and two equivalent Cd(13) atoms. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent Ni(1), two equivalent Cd(12), two equivalent Cd(16), and four equivalent Cd(5) atoms. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cd(10), two equivalent Cd(12), and four equivalent Cd(7) atoms. There are sixteen inequivalent Cd sites. In the first Cd site, Cd(1) is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to one Cd(1), one Cd(10), one Cd(14), one Cd(15), and one Cd(8) atom. In the second Cd site, Cd(2) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Cd(3), two equivalent Cd(15), two equivalent Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(8), and four equivalent Cd(11) atoms. In the third Cd site, Cd(3) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Cd(2), two equivalent Cd(14), two equivalent Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(9), and four equivalent Cd(13) atoms. In the fourth Cd site, Cd(4) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(14), one Cd(16), one Cd(2), and one Cd(3) atom. In the fifth Cd site, Cd(5) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), one Cd(10), one Cd(14), and one Cd(16) atom. In the sixth Cd site, Cd(6) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(15), and two equivalent Cd(16) atoms. In the seventh Cd site, Cd(7) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ni(2), one Ni(4), one Cd(10), one Cd(15), and one Cd(16) atom. In the eighth Cd site, Cd(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Cd(10), one Cd(14), one Cd(2), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(11), and two equivalent Cd(15) atoms. In the ninth Cd site, Cd(9) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Ni(1), one Cd(15), one Cd(3), and two equivalent Cd(14) atoms. In the tenth Cd site, Cd(10) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ni(4), one Cd(14), one Cd(8), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(12), two equivalent Cd(5), and two equivalent Cd(7) atoms. In the eleventh Cd site, Cd(11) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(15), one Cd(2), and one Cd(8) atom. In the twelfth Cd site, Cd(12) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), one Ni(3), one Ni(4), one Cd(15), and two equivalent Cd(10) atoms. In the thirteenth Cd site, Cd(13) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ni(1), two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(14), and one Cd(3) atom. In the fourteenth Cd site, Cd(14) is bonded to one Cd(10), one Cd(3), one Cd(4), one Cd(8), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(13), two equivalent Cd(5), and two equivalent Cd(9) atoms to form distorted face-sharing CdCd12 cuboctahedra. In the fifteenth Cd site, Cd(15) is bonded to one Cd(12), one Cd(2), one Cd(6), one Cd(9), two equivalent Cd(1), two equivalent Cd(11), two equivalent Cd(7), and two equivalent Cd(8) atoms to form distorted face-sharing CdCd12 cuboctahedra. In the sixteenth Cd site, Cd(16) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ni(3), two equivalent Ni(2), one Cd(16), one Cd(4), two equivalent Cd(5), two equivalent Cd(6), and two equivalent Cd(7) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Cd5Ni
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   9.994
_cell_length_b   9.994
_cell_length_c   10.012
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   91.359
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   999.609
_cell_formula_units_Z   8
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
  Cd  Cd0  1  0.863  0.497  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.503  0.137  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd2  1  0.500  0.500  0.860  1.0
  Cd  Cd3  1  0.137  0.503  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd4  1  0.497  0.863  0.499  1.0
  Cd  Cd5  1  0.500  0.500  0.140  1.0
  Cd  Cd6  1  0.302  0.698  0.007  1.0
  Cd  Cd7  1  0.054  0.725  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd8  1  0.275  0.946  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd9  1  0.698  0.302  0.007  1.0
  Cd  Cd10  1  0.946  0.275  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd11  1  0.725  0.054  0.251  1.0
  Cd  Cd12  1  0.799  0.799  0.949  1.0
  Cd  Cd13  1  0.005  0.748  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd14  1  0.748  0.005  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd15  1  0.201  0.201  0.949  1.0
  Cd  Cd16  1  0.995  0.252  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd17  1  0.252  0.995  0.740  1.0
  Cd  Cd18  1  0.643  0.357  0.653  1.0
  Cd  Cd19  1  0.357  0.643  0.653  1.0
  Cd  Cd20  1  0.346  0.346  0.360  1.0
  Cd  Cd21  1  0.654  0.654  0.360  1.0
  Cd  Cd22  1  0.830  0.170  0.510  1.0
  Cd  Cd23  1  0.490  0.162  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd24  1  0.838  0.510  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd25  1  0.170  0.830  0.510  1.0
  Cd  Cd26  1  0.510  0.838  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd27  1  0.162  0.490  0.831  1.0
  Cd  Cd28  1  0.134  0.134  0.459  1.0
  Cd  Cd29  1  0.457  0.169  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd30  1  0.169  0.457  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd31  1  0.866  0.866  0.459  1.0
  Cd  Cd32  1  0.543  0.831  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd33  1  0.831  0.543  0.150  1.0
  Cd  Cd34  1  0.344  0.656  0.333  1.0
  Cd  Cd35  1  0.656  0.344  0.333  1.0
  Cd  Cd36  1  0.678  0.678  0.656  1.0
  Cd  Cd37  1  0.322  0.322  0.656  1.0
  Cd  Cd38  1  0.900  0.100  0.998  1.0
  Cd  Cd39  1  0.100  0.900  0.998  1.0
  Ni  Ni40  1  0.185  0.185  0.204  1.0
  Ni  Ni41  1  0.815  0.815  0.204  1.0
  Ni  Ni42  1  0.361  0.976  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni43  1  0.024  0.639  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni44  1  0.000  0.000  0.246  1.0
  Ni  Ni45  1  0.639  0.024  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni46  1  0.976  0.361  0.992  1.0
  Ni  Ni47  1  0.000  0.000  0.647  1.0
[/CIF]
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