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Nb₂Pd₃Se₈
Orthorhombic · space group Pbam (No. 55) · Pearson oP26
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Nb₂Pd₃Se₈ in Pbam
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 15.074 Å, b = 10.573 Å, c = 3.547 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 565.3 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 26 (Pd 6, Se 16, Nb 4)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- oP26 — orthorhombic, primitive lattice, 26 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pd2 | Pd | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Pd3 | Pd | 4g | 4 | 0.2162 | 0.3812 | 0.0000 |
| Se4 | Se | 4g | 4 | 0.9889 | 0.2319 | 0.0000 |
| Se5 | Se | 4g | 4 | 0.1573 | 0.0439 | 0.0000 |
| Nb1 | Nb | 4h | 4 | 0.1159 | 0.2153 | 0.5000 |
| Se6 | Se | 4h | 4 | 0.2833 | 0.2503 | 0.5000 |
| Se7 | Se | 4h | 4 | 0.1156 | 0.4574 | 0.5000 |
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 26 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
A2B3C8_oP26_55_h_ag_2g2h-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oP26, then the space-group number 55, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Pd: 2a; Pd: 4g; Se: 4g; Se: 4g; Nb: 4h; Se: 4h; Se: 4h). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
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Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B3C8_oP26_55_h_ag_2g2h-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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