data_1000307
_chemical_name_systematic          'Lanthanum nickel(III) oxide'
_chemical_formula_structural       'La Ni O3'
_chemical_formula_sum              'La Ni O3'
_publ_section_title
;
Neutron-diffraction study of RNiO~3~ (R= La, Pr, Nd, Sm):
Electronically induced structural changes across the metal-insulator
transition
;
loop_
_publ_author_name
  'Garcia-Munoz, J L'
  'Rodriguez-Carvajal'
  'Lacorre, P'
  'Torrance, J B'
_journal_name_full
;
Physical Review, Serie 3. B - Condensed Matter (18,1978-)
;
_journal_coden_ASTM                PRBMDO
_journal_volume                    46
_journal_year                      1992
_journal_page_first                4414
_journal_page_last                 4425
_journal_issue                     8
_cell_length_a                     5.4535(1)
_cell_length_b                     5.4535(1)
_cell_length_c                     13.1010(3)
_cell_angle_alpha                  90
_cell_angle_beta                   90
_cell_angle_gamma                  120
_cell_volume                       337.4
_cell_formula_units_Z              6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M     'R -3 c H'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number        167
_symmetry_cell_setting             trigonal
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '-y,x-y,z'
  'y-x,-x,z'
  '-y,-x,1/2+z'
  'x,x-y,1/2+z'
  'y-x,y,1/2+z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  'y,y-x,-z'
  'x-y,x,-z'
  'y,x,1/2-z'
  '-x,y-x,1/2-z'
  'x-y,-y,1/2-z'
  '1/3+x,2/3+y,2/3+z'
  '2/3+x,1/3+y,1/3+z'
  '1/3-y,2/3+x-y,2/3+z'
  '2/3-y,1/3+x-y,1/3+z'
  '1/3-x+y,2/3-x,2/3+z'
  '2/3-x+y,1/3-x,1/3+z'
  '1/3-y,2/3-x,1/6+z'
  '2/3-y,1/3-x,5/6+z'
  '1/3+x,2/3+x-y,1/6+z'
  '2/3+x,1/3+x-y,5/6+z'
  '1/3-x+y,2/3+y,1/6+z'
  '2/3-x+y,1/3+y,5/6+z'
  '1/3-x,2/3-y,2/3-z'
  '2/3-x,1/3-y,1/3-z'
  '1/3+y,2/3-x+y,2/3-z'
  '2/3+y,1/3-x+y,1/3-z'
  '1/3+x-y,2/3+x,2/3-z'
  '2/3+x-y,1/3+x,1/3-z'
  '1/3+y,2/3+x,1/6-z'
  '2/3+y,1/3+x,5/6-z'
  '1/3-x,2/3-x+y,1/6-z'
  '2/3-x,1/3-x+y,5/6-z'
  '1/3+x-y,2/3-y,1/6-z'
  '2/3+x-y,1/3-y,5/6-z'
loop_
_atom_type_symbol
_atom_type_oxidation_number
  La3+   3.000
  Ni3+   3.000
  O2-   -2.000
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
_atom_site_Wyckoff_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
_atom_site_attached_hydrogens
_atom_site_calc_flag
  La1   La3+   6 a 0. 0. 0.25 1.  0 d
  Ni1   Ni3+   6 b 0. 0. 0. 1.  0 d
  O1    O2-   18 e 0.5468(1) 0. 0.25 1.  0 d
_refine_ls_R_factor_all            0.041