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KPF₆

Cubic · space group F432 (No. 209) · Pearson cF104

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

KPF₆ in F432

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 7.710 Å, b = 7.710 Å, c = 7.710 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
458.3 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
104 (K 4, P 4, F 96)
Formula units Z
4
Pearson symbol
cF104 — cubic, face-centred lattice, 104 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
96 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
K2K4a40.00000.00000.0000
P3P4b40.50000.50000.5000
F1F96j960.54300.60900.1650

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 104 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 96 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

A24BC_cF104_209_j_a_b-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cF104, then the space-group number 209, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (K: 4a; P: 4b; F: 96j). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A24BC_cF104_209_j_a_b-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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