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Y₃Rh₂Si₂
Orthorhombic · space group Pbcm (No. 57) · Pearson oP28
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Y₃Rh₂Si₂ in Pbcm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 5.566 Å, b = 7.717 Å, c = 13.043 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 560.3 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 28 (Si 8, Y 12, Rh 8)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oP28 — orthorhombic, primitive lattice, 28 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Si1 | Si | 4c | 4 | 0.3836 | 0.2500 | 0.0000 |
| Si2 | Si | 4d | 4 | 0.8584 | 0.3976 | 0.2500 |
| Y3 | Y | 4d | 4 | 0.3713 | 0.2472 | 0.2500 |
| Rh4 | Rh | 8e | 8 | 0.6361 | 0.4677 | 0.0902 |
| Y5 | Y | 8e | 8 | 0.1377 | 0.6057 | 0.1031 |
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 28 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 8 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
A2B2C3_oP28_57_e_cd_de-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oP28, then the space-group number 57, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Si: 4c; Si: 4d; Y: 4d; Rh: 8e; Y: 8e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Ce₃Ga₂Ni₂, Ce₃Ga₂Pd₂, Ce₃Ga₂Pt₂, Ce₃Ge₂Rh₂, Ce₃Ge₂Ru₂, Ce₃Si₂Rh₂, La₃Ga₂Ni₂, La₃Ge₂Ru₂, Nd₃Ge₂Ru₂, Pr₃Ga₂Ni₂, Pr₃Ge₂Ru₂, Sm₃Ge₂Ru₂ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B2C3_oP28_57_e_cd_de-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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