The compound described by YbPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(2), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Yb site, Yb(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Ge(3), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the third Yb site, Yb(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(2), three equivalent Pd(3), one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the fourth Yb site, Yb(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(3), one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(2), one Yb(3), two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(4), one Pd(1), one Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(1), one Yb(4), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), one Ge(1), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb(3), three equivalent Yb(4), one Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(1), one Yb(4), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), one Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(1), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb(3), three equivalent Yb(4), one Pd(2), and three equivalent Pd(3) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(2), one Yb(3), two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(4), one Pd(1), one Pd(3), and two equivalent Pd(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_YbGePd
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.388
_cell_length_b   7.431
_cell_length_c   11.338
_cell_angle_alpha   109.161
_cell_angle_beta   101.151
_cell_angle_gamma   89.986
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   341.818
_cell_formula_units_Z   6
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  0.000  0.459  1.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.500  0.047  0.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.663  0.120  0.327  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.337  0.793  0.673  1.0
  Yb  Yb4  1  0.831  0.387  0.662  1.0
  Yb  Yb5  1  0.169  0.726  0.338  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.062  0.901  0.124  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.769  0.944  0.540  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.938  0.777  0.876  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.398  0.235  0.796  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.602  0.440  0.204  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.231  0.404  0.460  1.0
  Pd  Pd12  1  0.572  0.735  0.143  1.0
  Pd  Pd13  1  0.428  0.592  0.857  1.0
  Pd  Pd14  1  0.898  0.067  0.794  1.0
  Pd  Pd15  1  0.267  0.115  0.536  1.0
  Pd  Pd16  1  0.102  0.273  0.206  1.0
  Pd  Pd17  1  0.733  0.579  0.464  1.0
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The compound described by YbPdGe crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imm2 space group. There are four inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb(1) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(2), four equivalent Pd(1), two equivalent Ge(1), and four equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the second Yb site, Yb(2) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Pd(1), four equivalent Pd(2), two equivalent Ge(3), and four equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the third Yb site, Yb(3) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(1), two equivalent Pd(2), three equivalent Pd(3), one Ge(3), two equivalent Ge(1), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. In the fourth Yb site, Yb(4) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(1), three equivalent Pd(3), one Ge(1), two equivalent Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(2), one Yb(3), two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(4), one Pd(1), one Ge(3), and two equivalent Ge(1) atoms. In the second Pd site, Pd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(1), one Yb(4), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), one Ge(1), one Ge(2), and two equivalent Ge(3) atoms. In the third Pd site, Pd(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb(3), three equivalent Yb(4), one Ge(3), and three equivalent Ge(2) atoms. There are three inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(1), one Yb(4), two equivalent Yb(2), two equivalent Yb(3), one Pd(2), two equivalent Pd(1), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb(3), three equivalent Yb(4), one Pd(2), and three equivalent Pd(3) atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge(3) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to one Yb(2), one Yb(3), two equivalent Yb(1), two equivalent Yb(4), one Pd(1), one Pd(3), and two equivalent Pd(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_YbGePd
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.388
_cell_length_b   7.431
_cell_length_c   11.338
_cell_angle_alpha   109.161
_cell_angle_beta   101.151
_cell_angle_gamma   89.986
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   341.818
_cell_formula_units_Z   6
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  0.000  0.459  1.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.500  0.047  0.000  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.663  0.120  0.327  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.337  0.793  0.673  1.0
  Yb  Yb4  1  0.831  0.387  0.662  1.0
  Yb  Yb5  1  0.169  0.726  0.338  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.062  0.901  0.124  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.769  0.944  0.540  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.938  0.777  0.876  1.0
  Ge  Ge9  1  0.398  0.235  0.796  1.0
  Ge  Ge10  1  0.602  0.440  0.204  1.0
  Ge  Ge11  1  0.231  0.404  0.460  1.0
  Pd  Pd12  1  0.572  0.735  0.143  1.0
  Pd  Pd13  1  0.428  0.592  0.857  1.0
  Pd  Pd14  1  0.898  0.067  0.794  1.0
  Pd  Pd15  1  0.267  0.115  0.536  1.0
  Pd  Pd16  1  0.102  0.273  0.206  1.0
  Pd  Pd17  1  0.733  0.579  0.464  1.0
[/CIF]
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