The material structure described by SmLa7Co5(CuO8)3 is (Cubic) Perovskite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. Sm(1) is bonded to one O(13), one O(9), two equivalent O(10), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form SmO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. There are five inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(13), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), one O(9), and two equivalent O(10) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded to one O(13), one O(9), two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(10), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and two equivalent O(12) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded to one O(11), one O(14), two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(12), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the fifth La site, La(5) is bonded to one O(11), one O(14), two equivalent O(12), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. There are four inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(9), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cu(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(12), one O(2), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(13), one O(14), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(13), one O(14), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. There are two inequivalent Cu sites. In the first Cu site, Cu(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(9), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second Cu site, Cu(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cu(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. There are fourteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom to form distorted OLa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(14)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(12)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-61°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom to form distorted OLa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(14)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(12)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 60-61°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Cu(1), and one Cu(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Co(4), and one Cu(2) atom to form distorted OLa4CoCu octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(14)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(4)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-61°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Cu(1), and one Cu(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Co(4), and one Cu(2) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Co(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Co(2), and one Cu(2) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one La(4), one La(5), two equivalent La(3), one Co(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one La(4), one La(5), two equivalent La(3), one Co(2), and one Cu(2) atom to form distorted OLa4CoCu octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(4)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-61°. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Co(3), and one Co(4) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded to one La(4), one La(5), two equivalent La(3), one Co(3), and one Co(4) atom to form distorted OLa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 60°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_La7SmCo5(CuO8)3
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  La  La2  1  0.251  0.751  0.251  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.251  0.751  0.749  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.749  0.249  0.749  1.0
  La  La5  1  0.749  0.751  0.251  1.0
  La  La6  1  0.749  0.751  0.749  1.0
  Sm  Sm7  1  0.749  0.249  0.251  1.0
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  Co  Co10  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
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  Co  Co12  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cu  Cu13  1  1.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cu  Cu14  1  1.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cu  Cu15  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.251  0.000  0.001  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.251  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.251  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.256  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.749  0.002  0.001  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.749  0.002  0.498  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.749  0.498  0.002  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.744  0.498  0.498  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.998  0.247  0.002  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.998  0.245  0.498  1.0
  O  O26  1  1.000  0.753  0.000  1.0
  O  O27  1  1.000  0.755  0.500  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.502  0.245  0.002  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.502  0.249  0.498  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.500  0.755  0.000  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.500  0.751  0.500  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.999  0.002  0.251  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.999  0.000  0.749  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.998  0.498  0.251  1.0
  O  O35  1  1.000  0.500  0.749  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.502  0.002  0.251  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.500  0.000  0.749  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.502  0.498  0.256  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.500  0.500  0.744  1.0
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The material structure described by SmLa7Co5(CuO8)3 is (Cubic) Perovskite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. Sm(1) is bonded to one O(13), one O(9), two equivalent O(10), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form SmO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. There are five inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(13), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), one O(9), and two equivalent O(10) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded to one O(13), one O(9), two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(10), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), one O(8), and two equivalent O(12) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with four equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded to one O(11), one O(14), two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(12), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. In the fifth La site, La(5) is bonded to one O(11), one O(14), two equivalent O(12), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(4)O12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Cu(1)O6 octahedra, faces with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra. There are four inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(9), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cu(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(12), one O(2), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(13), one O(14), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(13), one O(14), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. There are two inequivalent Cu sites. In the first Cu site, Cu(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(9), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Cu(2)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second Cu site, Cu(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cu(1)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Sm(1)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(2)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(4)O12 cuboctahedra,  a faceface with one La(5)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent La(3)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. There are fourteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom to form distorted OLa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(14)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(12)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-61°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom to form distorted OLa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(14)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(12)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 60-61°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Cu(1), and one Cu(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one La(1), one La(2), one La(3), one La(4), one Co(4), and one Cu(2) atom to form distorted OLa4CoCu octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(14)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(4)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-61°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Cu(1), and one Cu(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(1), one La(3), one La(5), one Co(4), and one Cu(2) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Co(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Co(2), and one Cu(2) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one La(4), one La(5), two equivalent La(3), one Co(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one La(4), one La(5), two equivalent La(3), one Co(2), and one Cu(2) atom to form distorted OLa4CoCu octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(1)La4Co2 octahedra,  a faceface with one O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and  a faceface with one O(4)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-61°. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Sm(1), one La(2), two equivalent La(1), one Co(3), and one Co(4) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded to one La(4), one La(5), two equivalent La(3), one Co(3), and one Co(4) atom to form distorted OLa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(1)La4Co2 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(12)La4CoCu octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(2)La4Co2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(4)La4CoCu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 60°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_La7SmCo5(CuO8)3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.676
_cell_length_b   7.686
_cell_length_c   7.676
_cell_angle_alpha   90.003
_cell_angle_beta   89.978
_cell_angle_gamma   89.994
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   452.851
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
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  La  La0  1  0.251  0.249  0.251  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.251  0.249  0.749  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.251  0.751  0.251  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.251  0.751  0.749  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.749  0.249  0.749  1.0
  La  La5  1  0.749  0.751  0.251  1.0
  La  La6  1  0.749  0.751  0.749  1.0
  Sm  Sm7  1  0.749  0.249  0.251  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  1.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  1.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co11  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cu  Cu13  1  1.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cu  Cu14  1  1.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Cu  Cu15  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.251  0.000  0.001  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.251  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.251  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.256  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.749  0.002  0.001  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.749  0.002  0.498  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.749  0.498  0.002  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.744  0.498  0.498  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.998  0.247  0.002  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.998  0.245  0.498  1.0
  O  O26  1  1.000  0.753  0.000  1.0
  O  O27  1  1.000  0.755  0.500  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.502  0.245  0.002  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.502  0.249  0.498  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.500  0.755  0.000  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.500  0.751  0.500  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.999  0.002  0.251  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.999  0.000  0.749  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.998  0.498  0.251  1.0
  O  O35  1  1.000  0.500  0.749  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.502  0.002  0.251  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.500  0.000  0.749  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.502  0.498  0.256  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.500  0.500  0.744  1.0
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