Materials Data on Yb(Co2Ge)2 by Materials Project
YbCo4Ge2 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded to six equivalent Ge atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing YbGe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 39°. There are two shorter (2.86 Å) and four longer (2.94 Å) Yb–Ge bond lengths. Co is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ge atoms. All Co–Ge bond lengths are 2.41 Å. Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb and six equivalent Co atoms.