The material described by Dy3Ge4 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are six inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(6), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(6) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(8), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(7), and three equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the fourth Dy site, Dy(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(5), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(7), and three equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the fifth Dy site, Dy(5) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the sixth Dy site, Dy(6) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(6), two equivalent Ge(8), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are eight inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(5), one Ge(3), and one Ge(5) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(4), three equivalent Dy(6), one Ge(6), and one Ge(8) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(5), three equivalent Dy(1), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(6) atoms. In the fifth Ge site, Ge(5) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(4), two equivalent Dy(5), three equivalent Dy(3), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the sixth Ge site, Ge(6) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(6), three equivalent Dy(2), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the seventh Ge site, Ge(7) is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the eighth Ge site, Ge(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(6), three equivalent Dy(4), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Dy3Ge4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.049
_cell_length_b   5.723
_cell_length_c   14.305
_cell_angle_alpha   89.987
_cell_angle_beta   90.033
_cell_angle_gamma   110.755
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   309.928
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.665  0.330  0.097  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.341  0.680  0.903  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.661  0.320  0.404  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.336  0.681  0.598  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.945  0.890  0.252  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.056  0.114  0.749  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.219  0.432  0.251  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.782  0.572  0.750  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.372  0.747  0.110  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.002  0.002  0.001  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.369  0.738  0.392  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.632  0.260  0.891  1.0
  Ge  Ge12  1  0.995  0.994  0.498  1.0
  Ge  Ge13  1  0.629  0.263  0.609  1.0
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The material described by Dy3Ge4 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are six inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(6), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(6) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(8), two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(7), and three equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the fourth Dy site, Dy(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ge(5), two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(7), and three equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the fifth Dy site, Dy(5) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(5), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the sixth Dy site, Dy(6) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(6), two equivalent Ge(8), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are eight inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(3), three equivalent Dy(5), one Ge(3), and one Ge(5) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(4), three equivalent Dy(6), one Ge(6), and one Ge(8) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(5), three equivalent Dy(1), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(6) atoms. In the fifth Ge site, Ge(5) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(4), two equivalent Dy(5), three equivalent Dy(3), one Ge(1), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. In the sixth Ge site, Ge(6) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(6), three equivalent Dy(2), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the seventh Ge site, Ge(7) is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(4), two equivalent Ge(5), and two equivalent Ge(8) atoms. In the eighth Ge site, Ge(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(6), three equivalent Dy(4), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(7) atoms. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Dy3Ge4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.049
_cell_length_b   5.723
_cell_length_c   14.305
_cell_angle_alpha   89.987
_cell_angle_beta   90.033
_cell_angle_gamma   110.755
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   309.928
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.665  0.330  0.097  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.341  0.680  0.903  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.661  0.320  0.404  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.336  0.681  0.598  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.945  0.890  0.252  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.056  0.114  0.749  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.219  0.432  0.251  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.782  0.572  0.750  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.372  0.747  0.110  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.002  0.002  0.001  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.369  0.738  0.392  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.632  0.260  0.891  1.0
  Ge  Ge12  1  0.995  0.994  0.498  1.0
  Ge  Ge13  1  0.629  0.263  0.609  1.0
[/CIF]
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