The material described by YbGa6 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nbm space group. Yb(1) is bonded to eight equivalent Ga(1) and eight equivalent Ga(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and face-sharing YbGa16 cuboctahedra. There are two inequivalent Ga sites. In the first Ga site, Ga(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Yb(1), one Ga(1), and four equivalent Ga(2) atoms. In the second Ga site, Ga(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Ga(1), and five equivalent Ga(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_YbGa6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.922
_cell_length_b   5.922
_cell_length_c   7.647
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   268.181
_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
  Yb  Yb0  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Ga  Ga2  1  0.500  0.500  0.158  1.0
  Ga  Ga3  1  0.000  0.000  0.158  1.0
  Ga  Ga4  1  0.000  0.000  0.842  1.0
  Ga  Ga5  1  0.500  0.500  0.842  1.0
  Ga  Ga6  1  0.781  0.719  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga7  1  0.281  0.781  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga8  1  0.719  0.219  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga9  1  0.219  0.281  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga10  1  0.719  0.781  0.657  1.0
  Ga  Ga11  1  0.219  0.719  0.657  1.0
  Ga  Ga12  1  0.781  0.281  0.657  1.0
  Ga  Ga13  1  0.281  0.219  0.657  1.0
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The material described by YbGa6 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nbm space group. Yb(1) is bonded to eight equivalent Ga(1) and eight equivalent Ga(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and face-sharing YbGa16 cuboctahedra. There are two inequivalent Ga sites. In the first Ga site, Ga(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Yb(1), one Ga(1), and four equivalent Ga(2) atoms. In the second Ga site, Ga(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Ga(1), and five equivalent Ga(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_YbGa6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.922
_cell_length_b   5.922
_cell_length_c   7.647
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   268.181
_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
  Yb  Yb0  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Ga  Ga2  1  0.500  0.500  0.158  1.0
  Ga  Ga3  1  0.000  0.000  0.158  1.0
  Ga  Ga4  1  0.000  0.000  0.842  1.0
  Ga  Ga5  1  0.500  0.500  0.842  1.0
  Ga  Ga6  1  0.781  0.719  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga7  1  0.281  0.781  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga8  1  0.719  0.219  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga9  1  0.219  0.281  0.343  1.0
  Ga  Ga10  1  0.719  0.781  0.657  1.0
  Ga  Ga11  1  0.219  0.719  0.657  1.0
  Ga  Ga12  1  0.781  0.281  0.657  1.0
  Ga  Ga13  1  0.281  0.219  0.657  1.0
[/CIF]
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