The compound described by Dy2Ce3O9 crystallizes in the tetragonal I-4m2 space group. Dy(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ce sites. In the first Ce site, Ce(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. In the second Ce site, Ce(2) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(5) atoms. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and two equivalent Ce(1) atoms to form OCe2Dy2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Ce(1) and two equivalent Ce(2) atoms to form OCe4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, and edges with five equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and two equivalent Ce(1) atoms to form OCe2Dy2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to four equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form ODy4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to two equivalent Ce(1) and two equivalent Ce(2) atoms to form OCe4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, and edges with five equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ce3Dy2O9
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   13.886
_cell_length_b   13.886
_cell_length_c   13.886
_cell_angle_alpha   164.037
_cell_angle_beta   164.037
_cell_angle_gamma   22.650
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   202.458
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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 _atom_site_fract_x
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  Ce  Ce0  1  0.149  0.649  0.500  1.0
  Ce  Ce1  1  0.351  0.851  0.500  1.0
  Ce  Ce2  1  0.750  0.250  0.500  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.945  0.445  0.500  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.555  0.055  0.500  1.0
  O  O5  1  0.605  0.605  0.000  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.195  0.195  0.000  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.805  0.805  0.000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.395  0.395  0.000  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.908  0.908  0.000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.092  0.092  0.000  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.704  0.704  0.000  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.296  0.296  0.000  1.0
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The compound described by Dy2Ce3O9 crystallizes in the tetragonal I-4m2 space group. Dy(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms. There are two inequivalent Ce sites. In the first Ce site, Ce(1) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms. In the second Ce site, Ce(2) is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(5) atoms. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and two equivalent Ce(1) atoms to form OCe2Dy2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to two equivalent Ce(1) and two equivalent Ce(2) atoms to form OCe4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, and edges with five equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and two equivalent Ce(1) atoms to form OCe2Dy2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to four equivalent Dy(1) atoms to form ODy4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Dy4 tetrahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to two equivalent Ce(1) and two equivalent Ce(2) atoms to form OCe4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, corners with eight equivalent O(5)Ce4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Ce2Dy2 tetrahedra, and edges with five equivalent O(2)Ce4 tetrahedra. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ce3Dy2O9
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   13.886
_cell_length_b   13.886
_cell_length_c   13.886
_cell_angle_alpha   164.037
_cell_angle_beta   164.037
_cell_angle_gamma   22.650
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   202.458
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  1  'x, y, z'
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
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  Ce  Ce0  1  0.149  0.649  0.500  1.0
  Ce  Ce1  1  0.351  0.851  0.500  1.0
  Ce  Ce2  1  0.750  0.250  0.500  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.945  0.445  0.500  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.555  0.055  0.500  1.0
  O  O5  1  0.605  0.605  0.000  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.195  0.195  0.000  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.805  0.805  0.000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.395  0.395  0.000  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.908  0.908  0.000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.092  0.092  0.000  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.704  0.704  0.000  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.296  0.296  0.000  1.0
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