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NdAs₂
Monoclinic · space group P121/c1 (No. 14) · Pearson mP12
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
NdAs₂ in P121/c1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 10.062 Å, b = 6.820 Å, c = 11.278 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 158.77°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 280.2 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 12 (As 8, Nd 4)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- mP12 — monoclinic, primitive lattice, 12 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 4 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As1 | As | 4e | 4 | 0.1194 | 0.6436 | 0.2902 |
| As2 | As | 4e | 4 | 0.3721 | 0.3777 | 0.8224 |
| Nd3 | Nd | 4e | 4 | 0.6320 | 0.3126 | 0.7722 |
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 12 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 4 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
A2B_mP12_14_2e_e-012: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mP12, then the space-group number 14, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (As: 4e; As: 4e; Nd: 4e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
CeAs₂, CeP₂, LaAs₂, PrAs₂, PrP₂ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B_mP12_14_2e_e-012 (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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