The compound described by Y6Pd5Ga17 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are three inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y(1) is bonded to one Ga(1), one Ga(2), one Ga(3), one Ga(4), two equivalent Ga(5), two equivalent Ga(6), two equivalent Ga(7), and two equivalent Ga(8) atoms to form distorted YGa12 cuboctahedra that share  an edgeedge with one Ga(9)Y4Ga4Pd4 cuboctahedra and faces with two equivalent Y(1)Ga12 cuboctahedra. In the second Y site, Y(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(3), one Ga(3), two equivalent Ga(1), two equivalent Ga(4), two equivalent Ga(6), and two equivalent Ga(8) atoms. In the third Y site, Y(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ga(3), two equivalent Ga(5), two equivalent Ga(7), two equivalent Ga(9), and three equivalent Ga(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(3), one Ga(5), one Ga(8), two equivalent Ga(2), two equivalent Ga(3), and two equivalent Ga(9) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(2), one Ga(6), one Ga(7), two equivalent Ga(1), and two equivalent Ga(4) atoms. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Y(2), two equivalent Ga(1), and two equivalent Ga(4) atoms. There are nine inequivalent Ga sites. In the first Ga site, Ga(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(2), and three equivalent Ga(6) atoms. In the second Ga site, Ga(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), three equivalent Y(3), two equivalent Pd(1), one Ga(9), and three equivalent Ga(5) atoms. In the third Ga site, Ga(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), one Y(2), two equivalent Y(3), two equivalent Pd(1), one Ga(7), one Ga(9), and two equivalent Ga(8) atoms. In the fourth Ga site, Ga(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(2), one Ga(8), and two equivalent Ga(7) atoms. In the fifth Ga site, Ga(5) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(3), one Pd(1), one Ga(7), and three equivalent Ga(2) atoms. In the sixth Ga site, Ga(6) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(2), one Ga(8), and three equivalent Ga(1) atoms. In the seventh Ga site, Ga(7) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(3), one Pd(2), one Ga(3), one Ga(5), and two equivalent Ga(4) atoms. In the eighth Ga site, Ga(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(1), one Ga(4), one Ga(6), and two equivalent Ga(3) atoms. In the ninth Ga site, Ga(9) is bonded to four equivalent Y(3), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ga(2), and two equivalent Ga(3) atoms to form GaY4Ga4Pd4 cuboctahedra that share edges with two equivalent Y(1)Ga12 cuboctahedra and faces with two equivalent Ga(9)Y4Ga4Pd4 cuboctahedra. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Y6Ga17Pd5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.148
_cell_length_b   8.148
_cell_length_c   15.742
_cell_angle_alpha   75.989
_cell_angle_beta   75.989
_cell_angle_gamma   29.878
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   504.051
_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
  Y  Y0  1  0.748  0.748  0.750  1.0
  Y  Y1  1  0.252  0.252  0.250  1.0
  Y  Y2  1  0.591  0.591  0.593  1.0
  Y  Y3  1  0.099  0.099  0.097  1.0
  Y  Y4  1  0.901  0.901  0.903  1.0
  Y  Y5  1  0.409  0.409  0.407  1.0
  Ga  Ga6  1  0.826  0.826  0.543  1.0
  Ga  Ga7  1  0.322  0.322  0.041  1.0
  Ga  Ga8  1  0.678  0.678  0.959  1.0
  Ga  Ga9  1  0.174  0.174  0.457  1.0
  Ga  Ga10  1  0.539  0.539  0.821  1.0
  Ga  Ga11  1  0.046  0.046  0.327  1.0
  Ga  Ga12  1  0.954  0.954  0.673  1.0
  Ga  Ga13  1  0.461  0.461  0.179  1.0
  Ga  Ga14  1  0.261  0.261  0.895  1.0
  Ga  Ga15  1  0.769  0.769  0.397  1.0
  Ga  Ga16  1  0.231  0.231  0.603  1.0
  Ga  Ga17  1  0.739  0.739  0.105  1.0
  Ga  Ga18  1  0.393  0.393  0.766  1.0
  Ga  Ga19  1  0.898  0.898  0.264  1.0
  Ga  Ga20  1  0.102  0.102  0.736  1.0
  Ga  Ga21  1  0.607  0.607  0.234  1.0
  Ga  Ga22  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Pd  Pd23  1  0.096  0.096  0.903  1.0
  Pd  Pd24  1  0.608  0.608  0.394  1.0
  Pd  Pd25  1  0.392  0.392  0.606  1.0
  Pd  Pd26  1  0.904  0.904  0.097  1.0
  Pd  Pd27  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
[/CIF]
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The compound described by Y6Pd5Ga17 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are three inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y(1) is bonded to one Ga(1), one Ga(2), one Ga(3), one Ga(4), two equivalent Ga(5), two equivalent Ga(6), two equivalent Ga(7), and two equivalent Ga(8) atoms to form distorted YGa12 cuboctahedra that share  an edgeedge with one Ga(9)Y4Ga4Pd4 cuboctahedra and faces with two equivalent Y(1)Ga12 cuboctahedra. In the second Y site, Y(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(3), one Ga(3), two equivalent Ga(1), two equivalent Ga(4), two equivalent Ga(6), and two equivalent Ga(8) atoms. In the third Y site, Y(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ga(3), two equivalent Ga(5), two equivalent Ga(7), two equivalent Ga(9), and three equivalent Ga(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(3), one Ga(5), one Ga(8), two equivalent Ga(2), two equivalent Ga(3), and two equivalent Ga(9) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(2), one Ga(6), one Ga(7), two equivalent Ga(1), and two equivalent Ga(4) atoms. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Y(2), two equivalent Ga(1), and two equivalent Ga(4) atoms. There are nine inequivalent Ga sites. In the first Ga site, Ga(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(2), and three equivalent Ga(6) atoms. In the second Ga site, Ga(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), three equivalent Y(3), two equivalent Pd(1), one Ga(9), and three equivalent Ga(5) atoms. In the third Ga site, Ga(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), one Y(2), two equivalent Y(3), two equivalent Pd(1), one Ga(7), one Ga(9), and two equivalent Ga(8) atoms. In the fourth Ga site, Ga(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(3), two equivalent Pd(2), one Ga(8), and two equivalent Ga(7) atoms. In the fifth Ga site, Ga(5) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(3), one Pd(1), one Ga(7), and three equivalent Ga(2) atoms. In the sixth Ga site, Ga(6) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(2), one Ga(8), and three equivalent Ga(1) atoms. In the seventh Ga site, Ga(7) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(3), one Pd(2), one Ga(3), one Ga(5), and two equivalent Ga(4) atoms. In the eighth Ga site, Ga(8) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Y(1), two equivalent Y(2), one Pd(1), one Ga(4), one Ga(6), and two equivalent Ga(3) atoms. In the ninth Ga site, Ga(9) is bonded to four equivalent Y(3), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ga(2), and two equivalent Ga(3) atoms to form GaY4Ga4Pd4 cuboctahedra that share edges with two equivalent Y(1)Ga12 cuboctahedra and faces with two equivalent Ga(9)Y4Ga4Pd4 cuboctahedra. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Y6Ga17Pd5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.148
_cell_length_b   8.148
_cell_length_c   15.742
_cell_angle_alpha   75.989
_cell_angle_beta   75.989
_cell_angle_gamma   29.878
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   504.051
_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
  Y  Y0  1  0.748  0.748  0.750  1.0
  Y  Y1  1  0.252  0.252  0.250  1.0
  Y  Y2  1  0.591  0.591  0.593  1.0
  Y  Y3  1  0.099  0.099  0.097  1.0
  Y  Y4  1  0.901  0.901  0.903  1.0
  Y  Y5  1  0.409  0.409  0.407  1.0
  Ga  Ga6  1  0.826  0.826  0.543  1.0
  Ga  Ga7  1  0.322  0.322  0.041  1.0
  Ga  Ga8  1  0.678  0.678  0.959  1.0
  Ga  Ga9  1  0.174  0.174  0.457  1.0
  Ga  Ga10  1  0.539  0.539  0.821  1.0
  Ga  Ga11  1  0.046  0.046  0.327  1.0
  Ga  Ga12  1  0.954  0.954  0.673  1.0
  Ga  Ga13  1  0.461  0.461  0.179  1.0
  Ga  Ga14  1  0.261  0.261  0.895  1.0
  Ga  Ga15  1  0.769  0.769  0.397  1.0
  Ga  Ga16  1  0.231  0.231  0.603  1.0
  Ga  Ga17  1  0.739  0.739  0.105  1.0
  Ga  Ga18  1  0.393  0.393  0.766  1.0
  Ga  Ga19  1  0.898  0.898  0.264  1.0
  Ga  Ga20  1  0.102  0.102  0.736  1.0
  Ga  Ga21  1  0.607  0.607  0.234  1.0
  Ga  Ga22  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Pd  Pd23  1  0.096  0.096  0.903  1.0
  Pd  Pd24  1  0.608  0.608  0.394  1.0
  Pd  Pd25  1  0.392  0.392  0.606  1.0
  Pd  Pd26  1  0.904  0.904  0.097  1.0
  Pd  Pd27  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
[/CIF]
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