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Au₂V
Orthorhombic · space group Amm2 (No. 38) · Pearson oC12
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Au₂V in Amm2
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 4.684 Å, b = 8.482 Å, c = 4.810 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 191.1 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 12 (V 4, Au 8)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oC12 — orthorhombic, base-centred lattice, 12 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V3 | V | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.9400 |
| V4 | V | 2b | 2 | 0.5000 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 |
| Au1 | Au | 4d | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.3300 | 0.9400 |
| Au2 | Au | 4e | 4 | 0.5000 | 0.3250 | 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 12 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
A2B_oC12_38_de_ab-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oC12, then the space-group number 38, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (V: 2a; V: 2b; Au: 4d; Au: 4e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Cu₂Ti, Pt₂Ta <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B_oC12_38_de_ab-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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