The crystal structure described by Li3Co4SnO8 is Caswellsilverite-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), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-9°. 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 six equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-12°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) 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 LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. There are six inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-4°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-10°. In the fifth Co site, Co(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the sixth Co site, Co(6) 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 CoO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(5), one Co(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi3Co2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Co(4), one Co(6), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Co2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(1), one Co(3), one Co(5), and one Co(6) atom to form OLi2Co4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Co(6) atom to form OLi2Co4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Co(1), one Co(3), one Co(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(6), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), one Co(1), one Co(3), one Co(5), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li3Co4SnO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.022
_cell_length_b   10.451
_cell_length_c   6.073
_cell_angle_alpha   73.534
_cell_angle_beta   60.646
_cell_angle_gamma   74.278
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   315.472
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  1  'x, y, z'
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  Li  Li0  1  0.998  0.500  0.996  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.502  0.000  0.504  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.250  0.250  0.750  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.750  0.750  0.250  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.007  0.491  0.511  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.493  0.009  0.989  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.750  0.750  0.750  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.250  0.250  0.250  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.001  0.997  0.002  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.499  0.503  0.498  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.750  0.250  0.250  1.0
  Co  Co11  1  0.250  0.750  0.750  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.001  0.001  0.502  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  0.499  0.499  0.998  1.0
  Sn  Sn14  1  0.750  0.250  0.750  1.0
  Sn  Sn15  1  0.250  0.750  0.250  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.140  0.637  0.093  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.640  0.128  0.618  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.860  0.372  0.882  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.360  0.863  0.407  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.915  0.864  0.857  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.371  0.366  0.357  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.129  0.134  0.143  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.585  0.636  0.643  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.889  0.873  0.370  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.382  0.369  0.872  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.124  0.623  0.607  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.627  0.126  0.116  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.873  0.374  0.384  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.376  0.877  0.893  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.118  0.131  0.628  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.611  0.627  0.130  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Li3Co4SnO8 is Caswellsilverite-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), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-9°. 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 six equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-12°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) 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 LiO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-10°. There are six inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(3), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-4°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-12°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-10°. In the fifth Co site, Co(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Sn(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the sixth Co site, Co(6) 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 CoO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sn(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-12°. There are two inequivalent Sn sites. In the first Sn site, Sn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°. In the second Sn site, Sn(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-10°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(5), one Co(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi3Co2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Co(4), one Co(6), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi3Co2Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(1), one Co(3), one Co(5), and one Co(6) atom to form OLi2Co4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Co(6) atom to form OLi2Co4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Co(1), one Co(3), one Co(6), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(6), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), one Co(1), one Co(3), one Co(5), and one Sn(2) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(4), one Co(2), one Co(3), one Co(4), and one Sn(1) atom to form OLi2Co3Sn octahedra that share corners with three equivalent O(7)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, corners with three equivalent O(8)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li2Co3Sn octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li2Co4 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Co2Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(6)Li2Co3Sn octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(4)Li2Co4 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Co2Sn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li3Co4SnO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.022
_cell_length_b   10.451
_cell_length_c   6.073
_cell_angle_alpha   73.534
_cell_angle_beta   60.646
_cell_angle_gamma   74.278
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   315.472
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  0.998  0.500  0.996  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.502  0.000  0.504  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.250  0.250  0.750  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.750  0.750  0.250  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.007  0.491  0.511  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.493  0.009  0.989  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.750  0.750  0.750  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.250  0.250  0.250  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.001  0.997  0.002  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.499  0.503  0.498  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.750  0.250  0.250  1.0
  Co  Co11  1  0.250  0.750  0.750  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.001  0.001  0.502  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  0.499  0.499  0.998  1.0
  Sn  Sn14  1  0.750  0.250  0.750  1.0
  Sn  Sn15  1  0.250  0.750  0.250  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.140  0.637  0.093  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.640  0.128  0.618  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.860  0.372  0.882  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.360  0.863  0.407  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.915  0.864  0.857  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.371  0.366  0.357  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.129  0.134  0.143  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.585  0.636  0.643  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.889  0.873  0.370  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.382  0.369  0.872  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.124  0.623  0.607  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.627  0.126  0.116  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.873  0.374  0.384  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.376  0.877  0.893  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.118  0.131  0.628  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.611  0.627  0.130  1.0
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