The crystal structure described by Ca6Ag3Ge5 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are six inequivalent Ca sites. In the first Ca site, Ca(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ag(3), two equivalent Ag(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Ca site, Ca(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ag(2), one Ge(5), two equivalent Ge(2), and three equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the third Ca site, Ca(3) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ag(2), three equivalent Ag(1), three equivalent Ag(3), two equivalent Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the fourth Ca site, Ca(4) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ag(1), two equivalent Ag(3), three equivalent Ag(2), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the fifth Ca site, Ca(5) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the sixth Ca site, Ca(6) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ag sites. In the first Ag site, Ag(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(4), two equivalent Ca(1), three equivalent Ca(3), two equivalent Ag(3), one Ge(3), and one Ge(5) atom. In the second Ag site, Ag(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(3), two equivalent Ca(2), three equivalent Ca(4), one Ag(3), one Ge(4), and two equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the third Ag site, Ag(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(1), two equivalent Ca(4), three equivalent Ca(3), one Ag(2), two equivalent Ag(1), and one Ge(5) atom. There are five inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(1), two equivalent Ca(6), three equivalent Ca(5), one Ge(2), and one Ge(3) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(2), two equivalent Ca(5), three equivalent Ca(6), one Ge(1), and one Ge(4) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(3), two equivalent Ca(5), three equivalent Ca(1), one Ag(1), and one Ge(1) atom. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(4), two equivalent Ca(6), three equivalent Ca(2), one Ag(2), and one Ge(2) atom. In the fifth Ge site, Ge(5) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(2), two equivalent Ca(3), three equivalent Ca(4), one Ag(1), one Ag(3), and two equivalent Ag(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ca6Ag3Ge5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.899
_cell_length_b   5.899
_cell_length_c   14.366
_cell_angle_alpha   71.679
_cell_angle_beta   71.679
_cell_angle_gamma   45.127
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   333.137
_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
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.262  0.262  0.726  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.740  0.740  0.273  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.462  0.462  0.883  1.0
  Ca  Ca3  1  0.536  0.536  0.119  1.0
  Ca  Ca4  1  0.604  0.604  0.576  1.0
  Ca  Ca5  1  0.398  0.398  0.423  1.0
  Ag  Ag6  1  0.765  0.765  0.890  1.0
  Ag  Ag7  1  0.246  0.246  0.113  1.0
  Ag  Ag8  1  0.118  0.118  0.958  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.897  0.897  0.573  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.107  0.107  0.424  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.973  0.973  0.723  1.0
  Ge  Ge12  1  0.028  0.028  0.274  1.0
  Ge  Ge13  1  0.864  0.864  0.045  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Ca6Ag3Ge5 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are six inequivalent Ca sites. In the first Ca site, Ca(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Ag(3), two equivalent Ag(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Ca site, Ca(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ag(2), one Ge(5), two equivalent Ge(2), and three equivalent Ge(4) atoms. In the third Ca site, Ca(3) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ag(2), three equivalent Ag(1), three equivalent Ag(3), two equivalent Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the fourth Ca site, Ca(4) is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to one Ag(1), two equivalent Ag(3), three equivalent Ag(2), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the fifth Ca site, Ca(5) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(2), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the sixth Ca site, Ca(6) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(4), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ag sites. In the first Ag site, Ag(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(4), two equivalent Ca(1), three equivalent Ca(3), two equivalent Ag(3), one Ge(3), and one Ge(5) atom. In the second Ag site, Ag(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(3), two equivalent Ca(2), three equivalent Ca(4), one Ag(3), one Ge(4), and two equivalent Ge(5) atoms. In the third Ag site, Ag(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(1), two equivalent Ca(4), three equivalent Ca(3), one Ag(2), two equivalent Ag(1), and one Ge(5) atom. There are five inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(1), two equivalent Ca(6), three equivalent Ca(5), one Ge(2), and one Ge(3) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(2), two equivalent Ca(5), three equivalent Ca(6), one Ge(1), and one Ge(4) atom. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(3), two equivalent Ca(5), three equivalent Ca(1), one Ag(1), and one Ge(1) atom. In the fourth Ge site, Ge(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca(4), two equivalent Ca(6), three equivalent Ca(2), one Ag(2), and one Ge(2) atom. In the fifth Ge site, Ge(5) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Ca(2), two equivalent Ca(3), three equivalent Ca(4), one Ag(1), one Ag(3), and two equivalent Ag(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ca6Ag3Ge5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.899
_cell_length_b   5.899
_cell_length_c   14.366
_cell_angle_alpha   71.679
_cell_angle_beta   71.679
_cell_angle_gamma   45.127
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   333.137
_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
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.262  0.262  0.726  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.740  0.740  0.273  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.462  0.462  0.883  1.0
  Ca  Ca3  1  0.536  0.536  0.119  1.0
  Ca  Ca4  1  0.604  0.604  0.576  1.0
  Ca  Ca5  1  0.398  0.398  0.423  1.0
  Ag  Ag6  1  0.765  0.765  0.890  1.0
  Ag  Ag7  1  0.246  0.246  0.113  1.0
  Ag  Ag8  1  0.118  0.118  0.958  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.897  0.897  0.573  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.107  0.107  0.424  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.973  0.973  0.723  1.0
  Ge  Ge12  1  0.028  0.028  0.274  1.0
  Ge  Ge13  1  0.864  0.864  0.045  1.0
[/CIF]
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