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H₃PW₁₂O₄₀cdot29H₂O (H4₂₁)
Cubic · space group Fd-3m (No. 227) · Pearson cF656 · Strukturbericht H421 · mineral: 29-phosphotungstic acid (PWA-29)
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
H₃PW₁₂O₄₀cdot29H₂O (H4₂₁) in Fd-3m
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 23.280 Å, b = 23.280 Å, c = 23.280 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 12616.8 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 656 (H 232, P 8, O 320, W 96)
- Formula units Z
- 8
- Pearson symbol
- cF656 — cubic, face-centred lattice, 656 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 192 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | H | 8a | 8 | 0.1250 | 0.1250 | 0.1250 |
| P10 | P | 8b | 8 | 0.3750 | 0.3750 | 0.3750 |
| H2 | H | 32e | 32 | 0.9472 | 0.9472 | 0.9472 |
| O6 | O | 32e | 32 | 0.4175 | 0.4175 | 0.4175 |
| H3 | H | 48f | 48 | 0.9807 | 0.1250 | 0.1250 |
| H4 | H | 48f | 48 | 0.8539 | 0.1250 | 0.1250 |
| H5 | H | 96g | 96 | 0.7186 | 0.7186 | 0.8582 |
| O7 | O | 96g | 96 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | 0.2530 |
| O8 | O | 96g | 96 | 0.4390 | 0.4390 | 0.5271 |
| O9 | O | 96g | 96 | 0.5378 | 0.5378 | 0.3707 |
| W11 | W | 96g | 96 | 0.4822 | 0.4822 | 0.3814 |
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 656 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 192 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
A29B40CD12_cF656_227_ae2fg_e3g_b_g-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cF656, then the space-group number 227, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (H: 8a; P: 8b; H: 32e; O: 32e; H: 48f; H: 48f; H: 96g; O: 96g; O: 96g; O: 96g; W: 96g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
H₃PMo₁₂O₄₀cdot30H₂O <!--beginning with an
Note: H4₂₁, ``PWA-29''.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A29B40CD12_cF656_227_ae2fg_e3g_b_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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