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SrB₃C₃ Clathrate B₃C₃Sr

Cubic · space group Pm-3n (No. 223) · Pearson cP14

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

SrB₃C₃ Clathrate in Pm-3n

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 4.609 Å, b = 4.609 Å, c = 4.609 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
97.9 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
14 (Sr 2, B 6, C 6)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
cP14 — cubic, primitive lattice, 14 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
48 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Sr3Sr2a20.00000.00000.0000
B1B6c60.25000.00000.5000
C2C6d60.25000.50000.0000

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 14 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 48 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

A3B3C_cP14_223_c_d_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cP14, then the space-group number 223, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Sr: 2a; B: 6c; C: 6d). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: Clathrate.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A3B3C_cP14_223_c_d_a-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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