The material structure described by Li5Ni5(SnO6)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-6°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-8°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-6°. There are four inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-5°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-8°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-6°. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-8°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-8°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-4°. There are six inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-6°. In the second O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the third O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-9°. In the fourth O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the fifth O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the sixth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li5Ni5(SnO6)2
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_cell_length_c   9.942
_cell_angle_alpha   84.825
_cell_angle_beta   84.825
_cell_angle_gamma   120.099
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
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  Li  Li0  1  0.815  0.680  0.252  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.677  0.826  0.745  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.320  0.185  0.748  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.174  0.323  0.255  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.086  0.914  0.500  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.916  0.084  0.000  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.000  0.504  0.747  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.496  1.000  0.253  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.584  0.416  0.000  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.419  0.581  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn10  1  0.752  0.248  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn11  1  0.250  0.750  0.000  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.036  0.223  0.626  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.777  0.964  0.374  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.871  0.372  0.119  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.628  0.129  0.881  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.698  0.529  0.620  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.471  0.302  0.380  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.542  0.720  0.120  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.280  0.458  0.880  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.380  0.853  0.617  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.147  0.620  0.383  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.218  0.040  0.122  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.960  0.782  0.878  1.0
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The material structure described by Li5Ni5(SnO6)2 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-6°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-8°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-6°. There are four inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-5°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-8°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-6°. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-8°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-8°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-4°. There are six inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-6°. In the second O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the third O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-9°. In the fourth O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the fifth O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Ni(2), one Ni(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Ni2Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. In the sixth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Ni(1), one Ni(2), one Ni(3), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Ni3Sn octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni2Sn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(6)Li2Ni3Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-9°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li5Ni5(SnO6)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.212
_cell_length_b   5.212
_cell_length_c   9.942
_cell_angle_alpha   84.825
_cell_angle_beta   84.825
_cell_angle_gamma   120.099
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   229.792
_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
  Li  Li0  1  0.815  0.680  0.252  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.677  0.826  0.745  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.320  0.185  0.748  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.174  0.323  0.255  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.086  0.914  0.500  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.916  0.084  0.000  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.000  0.504  0.747  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.496  1.000  0.253  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.584  0.416  0.000  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.419  0.581  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn10  1  0.752  0.248  0.500  1.0
  Sn  Sn11  1  0.250  0.750  0.000  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.036  0.223  0.626  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.777  0.964  0.374  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.871  0.372  0.119  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.628  0.129  0.881  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.698  0.529  0.620  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.471  0.302  0.380  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.542  0.720  0.120  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.280  0.458  0.880  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.380  0.853  0.617  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.147  0.620  0.383  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.218  0.040  0.122  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.960  0.782  0.878  1.0
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