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Y₃Rh₂Si₂

Orthorhombic · space group Pbcm (No. 57) · Pearson oP28

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Y₃Rh₂Si₂ in Pbcm

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

Unit 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

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Si1Si4c40.38360.25000.0000
Si2Si4d40.85840.39760.2500
Y3Y4d40.37130.24720.2500
Rh4Rh8e80.63610.46770.0902
Y5Y8e80.13770.60570.1031

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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