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YCd₆

Cubic · space group Im-3 (No. 204) · Pearson cI184

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

YCd₆ in Im-3

Setting
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x = 0.10, y = 0.17, z = 0.08

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 15.482 Å, b = 15.482 Å, c = 15.482 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
3710.9 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
184 (Cd 160, Y 24)
Formula units Z
8
Pearson symbol
cI184 — cubic, body-centred lattice, 184 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
48 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Cd1Cd12d120.40550.00000.0000
Cd2Cd12e120.69020.00000.5000
Cd3Cd16f160.66080.66080.6608
Cd4Cd24g240.00000.09230.2407
Cd5Cd24g240.00000.34600.4044
Cd6Cd24g240.00000.08320.0741
Y8Y24g240.00000.29970.1898
Cd7Cd48h480.61830.70030.8405

The multiplicity and the Wyckoff letter say how many copies of the site the group makes in one cell and on which kind of symmetry element the site sits; the 184 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 48 operations. Press Wyckoff under Colour to see the sites, and tick a symmetry element on the left to see which atoms lie on it.

How to read the label

A20B3_cI184_204_def3gh_g-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cI184, then the space-group number 204, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cd: 12d; Cd: 12e; Cd: 16f; Cd: 24g; Cd: 24g; Cd: 24g; Y: 24g; Cd: 48h). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CeCd₆, DyCd₆, ErCd₆, EuCd₆, GdCd₆, HoCd₆, LuCd₆, NdCd₆, PrCd₆, PuCd₆, SmCd₆, TbCd₆, TmCd₆ <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A20B3_cI184_204_def3gh_g-001 (M. J. Mehl et al., Comput. Mater. Sci. 136, S1 (2017); D. Hicks et al., ibid. 161, S1 (2019) and 199, 110450 (2021); S. Eckert et al., ibid. 240, 112988 (2024)). Symmetry elements, Wyckoff assignment and the diagram are computed on this page from the group operations.

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