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No. 223 P m -3 n
Cubic space group · 48 symmetry operations per cell · 12 Wyckoff positions
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
No. 223 P m -3 n
SettingLoading the group…
x = 0.10, y = 0.17, z = 0.08
- Number
- 223
- Hermann–Mauguin symbol
- P m -3 n
- Hall symbol
-P 4n 2 3- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Operations per cell
- 48
- General position
- 48l (site symmetry 1)
Wyckoff positions (standard setting)
| Multiplicity | Letter | Site symmetry |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | l | 1 |
| 24 | k | m.. |
| 24 | j | ..2 |
| 16 | i | .3. |
| 12 | h | mm2 . . |
| 12 | g | mm2 . . |
| 12 | f | mm2 . . |
| 8 | e | .32 |
| 6 | d | -4m. 2 |
| 6 | c | -4m. 2 |
| 6 | b | mmm . . |
| 2 | a | m-3. |
How to read it
- Each symmetry element drawn in the cell is worked out from the group’s operations: rotation and screw axes as lines (arrow = direction; dashed = screw), mirror and glide planes as sheets (dashed outline = glide), inversion centres as dots; rotoinversion axes are dotted. Colours: 2-fold red, 3-fold green, 4-fold blue, 6-fold purple.
- The multiplicity is how many equivalent points an atom on that site generates in the conventional cell; the general position has the highest multiplicity, equal to the number of operations.
- Site symmetry is the point group that leaves that position fixed; a special position (lower multiplicity) sits on a symmetry element — press + on a row to see its atoms land on the drawn elements.