The material described by GdCo2B2C crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Gd(1) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent C(1) atoms. Co(1) is bonded to four equivalent B(1) atoms to form distorted CoB4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent C(1)Gd4B2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(1)B4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(1)B4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 59°. B(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to four equivalent Co(1) and one C(1) atom. C(1) is bonded to four equivalent Gd(1) and two equivalent B(1) atoms to form distorted CGd4B2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent C(1)Gd4B2 octahedra, corners with eight equivalent Co(1)B4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent C(1)Gd4B2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_GdCo2B2C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.712
_cell_length_b   5.712
_cell_length_c   5.712
_cell_angle_alpha   143.621
_cell_angle_beta   143.621
_cell_angle_gamma   52.395
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   65.167
_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
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co1  1  0.250  0.750  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.750  0.250  0.500  1.0
  B  B3  1  0.647  0.647  0.000  1.0
  B  B4  1  0.353  0.353  0.000  1.0
  C  C5  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
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The material described by GdCo2B2C crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. Gd(1) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent C(1) atoms. Co(1) is bonded to four equivalent B(1) atoms to form distorted CoB4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent C(1)Gd4B2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(1)B4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(1)B4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 59°. B(1) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to four equivalent Co(1) and one C(1) atom. C(1) is bonded to four equivalent Gd(1) and two equivalent B(1) atoms to form distorted CGd4B2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent C(1)Gd4B2 octahedra, corners with eight equivalent Co(1)B4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent C(1)Gd4B2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_GdCo2B2C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.712
_cell_length_b   5.712
_cell_length_c   5.712
_cell_angle_alpha   143.621
_cell_angle_beta   143.621
_cell_angle_gamma   52.395
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   65.167
_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
  Gd  Gd0  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co1  1  0.250  0.750  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.750  0.250  0.500  1.0
  B  B3  1  0.647  0.647  0.000  1.0
  B  B4  1  0.353  0.353  0.000  1.0
  C  C5  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
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