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PW₁₂O₄₀cdot3H₃O

Cubic · space group Pn-3m (No. 224) · Pearson cP112

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

PW₁₂O₄₀cdot3H₃O in Pn-3m

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 11.750 Å, b = 11.750 Å, c = 11.750 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
1622.2 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
112 (P 2, H 6, O 80, W 24)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
cP112 — cubic, primitive lattice, 112 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
48 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
P6P2a20.25000.25000.2500
H1H6d60.25000.75000.7500
O2O8e80.32260.32260.3226
O3O24k240.64630.64630.0133
O4O24k240.36870.36870.5462
O5O24k240.56290.56290.2412
W7W24k240.46360.46360.2579

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 112 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

A3B40CD12_cP112_224_d_e3k_a_k-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cP112, then the space-group number 224, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (P: 2a; H: 6d; O: 8e; O: 24k; O: 24k; O: 24k; W: 24k). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: Phosphoric Acid.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A3B40CD12_cP112_224_d_e3k_a_k-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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