The compound described by Ba5Gd8Zn4O21 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/m space group. There are two inequivalent Ba sites. In the first Ba site, Ba(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(2), four equivalent O(1), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. In the second Ba site, Ba(2) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(4) and eight equivalent O(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd(1) is bonded to one O(4), two equivalent O(1), and four equivalent O(2) atoms to form distorted GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with two equivalent Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. In the second Gd site, Gd(2) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one O(3), two equivalent O(2), and four equivalent O(1) atoms. Zn(1) is bonded to one O(3), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form distorted ZnO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with two equivalent Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(1), one Gd(1), two equivalent Gd(2), and one Zn(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Gd(2), two equivalent Gd(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OBa2Gd3Zn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Ba2Gd4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra,  a faceface with one O(4)Ba2Gd4 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-76°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to four equivalent Ba(1), one Gd(2), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OBa4GdZn octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra, edges with five equivalent O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-58°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(2) and four equivalent Gd(1) atoms to form OBa2Gd4 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)Ba2Gd4 octahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra, and faces with eight equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-61°. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Ba5Gd8Zn4O21
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   10.352
_cell_length_b   10.352
_cell_length_c   10.352
_cell_angle_alpha   94.526
_cell_angle_beta   94.526
_cell_angle_gamma   147.372
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   574.031
_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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.533  0.862  0.395  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.862  0.467  0.328  1.0
  Ba  Ba2  1  0.138  0.533  0.672  1.0
  Ba  Ba3  1  0.467  0.138  0.605  1.0
  Ba  Ba4  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.411  0.643  0.054  1.0
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.643  0.589  0.232  1.0
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.357  0.411  0.768  1.0
  Gd  Gd8  1  0.589  0.357  0.946  1.0
  Gd  Gd9  1  0.247  0.833  0.080  1.0
  Gd  Gd10  1  0.833  0.753  0.585  1.0
  Gd  Gd11  1  0.167  0.247  0.415  1.0
  Gd  Gd12  1  0.753  0.167  0.920  1.0
  Zn  Zn13  1  0.041  0.748  0.789  1.0
  Zn  Zn14  1  0.748  0.959  0.707  1.0
  Zn  Zn15  1  0.252  0.041  0.293  1.0
  Zn  Zn16  1  0.959  0.252  0.211  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.901  0.495  0.889  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.495  0.606  0.594  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.013  0.901  0.406  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.606  0.013  0.111  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.099  0.505  0.111  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.505  0.394  0.406  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.987  0.099  0.594  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.394  0.987  0.889  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.070  0.295  0.868  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.295  0.427  0.225  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.202  0.070  0.775  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.427  0.202  0.132  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.930  0.705  0.132  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.705  0.573  0.775  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.798  0.930  0.225  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.573  0.798  0.868  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.626  0.035  0.661  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.374  0.965  0.339  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.965  0.626  0.592  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.035  0.374  0.408  1.0
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The compound described by Ba5Gd8Zn4O21 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/m space group. There are two inequivalent Ba sites. In the first Ba site, Ba(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(2), four equivalent O(1), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. In the second Ba site, Ba(2) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(4) and eight equivalent O(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd(1) is bonded to one O(4), two equivalent O(1), and four equivalent O(2) atoms to form distorted GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with two equivalent Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. In the second Gd site, Gd(2) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one O(3), two equivalent O(2), and four equivalent O(1) atoms. Zn(1) is bonded to one O(3), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form distorted ZnO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with two equivalent Gd(1)O7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(1), one Gd(1), two equivalent Gd(2), and one Zn(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Gd(2), two equivalent Gd(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OBa2Gd3Zn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Ba2Gd4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra,  a faceface with one O(4)Ba2Gd4 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-76°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to four equivalent Ba(1), one Gd(2), and one Zn(1) atom to form distorted OBa4GdZn octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra, edges with five equivalent O(3)Ba4GdZn octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-58°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(2) and four equivalent Gd(1) atoms to form OBa2Gd4 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)Ba2Gd4 octahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra, and faces with eight equivalent O(2)Ba2Gd3Zn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-61°. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Ba5Gd8Zn4O21
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   10.352
_cell_length_b   10.352
_cell_length_c   10.352
_cell_angle_alpha   94.526
_cell_angle_beta   94.526
_cell_angle_gamma   147.372
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   574.031
_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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.533  0.862  0.395  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.862  0.467  0.328  1.0
  Ba  Ba2  1  0.138  0.533  0.672  1.0
  Ba  Ba3  1  0.467  0.138  0.605  1.0
  Ba  Ba4  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.411  0.643  0.054  1.0
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.643  0.589  0.232  1.0
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.357  0.411  0.768  1.0
  Gd  Gd8  1  0.589  0.357  0.946  1.0
  Gd  Gd9  1  0.247  0.833  0.080  1.0
  Gd  Gd10  1  0.833  0.753  0.585  1.0
  Gd  Gd11  1  0.167  0.247  0.415  1.0
  Gd  Gd12  1  0.753  0.167  0.920  1.0
  Zn  Zn13  1  0.041  0.748  0.789  1.0
  Zn  Zn14  1  0.748  0.959  0.707  1.0
  Zn  Zn15  1  0.252  0.041  0.293  1.0
  Zn  Zn16  1  0.959  0.252  0.211  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.901  0.495  0.889  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.495  0.606  0.594  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.013  0.901  0.406  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.606  0.013  0.111  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.099  0.505  0.111  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.505  0.394  0.406  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.987  0.099  0.594  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.394  0.987  0.889  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.070  0.295  0.868  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.295  0.427  0.225  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.202  0.070  0.775  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.427  0.202  0.132  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.930  0.705  0.132  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.705  0.573  0.775  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.798  0.930  0.225  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.573  0.798  0.868  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.626  0.035  0.661  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.374  0.965  0.339  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.965  0.626  0.592  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.035  0.374  0.408  1.0
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