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α-PbO₂ O₂Pb
Orthorhombic · space group Pbcn (No. 60) · Pearson oP12
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
α-PbO₂ in Pbcn
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 4.990 Å, b = 5.947 Å, c = 5.466 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 162.2 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 12 (Pb 4, O 8)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oP12 — orthorhombic, primitive lattice, 12 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pb2 | Pb | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.1779 | 0.2500 |
| O1 | O | 8d | 8 | 0.2685 | 0.4010 | 0.0248 |
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_oP12_60_d_c-003: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oP12, then the space-group number 60, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Pb: 4c; O: 8d). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
(Ti, Zr)O₂ (srilankite) <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A2B_oP12_60_d_c-003 (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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