The structure described by Li4VCr3O8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-5°. V(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. There are four inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-6°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the fourth Cr site, Cr(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(2), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one V(1), one Cr(1), and one Cr(4) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(3), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(4) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one V(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one V(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(4) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Li(1), one V(1), one Cr(1), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(4), two equivalent V(1), and one Cr(1) atom to form OLi3V2Cr octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li4VCr3O8
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_cell_angle_alpha   82.081
_cell_angle_beta   83.685
_cell_angle_gamma   70.984
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   297.046
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  Li  Li1  1  0.501  0.312  0.562  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.499  0.438  0.187  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.501  0.938  0.686  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.499  0.062  0.314  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.498  0.191  0.935  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.499  0.688  0.438  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.502  0.809  0.065  1.0
  V  V8  1  0.000  0.123  0.124  1.0
  V  V9  1  1.000  0.877  0.876  1.0
  Cr  Cr10  1  1.000  0.252  0.748  1.0
  Cr  Cr11  1  1.000  0.375  0.374  1.0
  Cr  Cr12  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr13  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr14  1  0.000  0.625  0.626  1.0
  Cr  Cr15  1  0.000  0.748  0.252  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.225  0.413  0.782  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.775  0.464  0.592  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.225  0.536  0.408  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.773  0.092  0.716  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.225  0.162  0.530  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.225  0.287  0.156  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.775  0.212  0.343  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.225  0.788  0.657  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.227  0.908  0.284  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.773  0.340  0.965  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.775  0.838  0.470  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.231  0.038  0.904  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.769  0.962  0.096  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.227  0.660  0.035  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.775  0.587  0.218  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.775  0.713  0.844  1.0
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The structure described by Li4VCr3O8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-5°. V(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. There are four inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-6°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. In the fourth Cr site, Cr(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(2), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one V(1), one Cr(1), and one Cr(4) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(3), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(4) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one V(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one V(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(4) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Li(1), one V(1), one Cr(1), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3VCr2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(4), two equivalent V(1), and one Cr(1) atom to form OLi3V2Cr octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3V2Cr octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3VCr2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3VCr2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3VCr2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li4VCr3O8
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_cell_length_c   7.870
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_cell_angle_beta   83.685
_cell_angle_gamma   70.984
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   297.046
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  1  'x, y, z'
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  Li  Li1  1  0.501  0.312  0.562  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.499  0.438  0.187  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.501  0.938  0.686  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.499  0.062  0.314  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.498  0.191  0.935  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.499  0.688  0.438  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.502  0.809  0.065  1.0
  V  V8  1  0.000  0.123  0.124  1.0
  V  V9  1  1.000  0.877  0.876  1.0
  Cr  Cr10  1  1.000  0.252  0.748  1.0
  Cr  Cr11  1  1.000  0.375  0.374  1.0
  Cr  Cr12  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr13  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr14  1  0.000  0.625  0.626  1.0
  Cr  Cr15  1  0.000  0.748  0.252  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.225  0.413  0.782  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.775  0.464  0.592  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.225  0.536  0.408  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.773  0.092  0.716  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.225  0.162  0.530  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.225  0.287  0.156  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.775  0.212  0.343  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.225  0.788  0.657  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.227  0.908  0.284  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.773  0.340  0.965  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.775  0.838  0.470  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.231  0.038  0.904  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.769  0.962  0.096  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.227  0.660  0.035  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.775  0.587  0.218  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.775  0.713  0.844  1.0
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