W₅Si₃ (D8_{m})

Unit cell

Lattice constants

a = 9.640 Å, b = 9.640 Å, c = 4.970 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°

Cell volume

461.9 ų

Atoms in the conventional cell

32 (Si 12, W 20)

Formula units Z

4

Pearson symbol

tI32 — tetragonal, body-centred lattice, 32 atoms per conventional cell

Symmetry operations

32 per cell

Crystallographic sites

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 32 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 32 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

A3B5_tI32_140_ah_bk-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tI32, then the space-group number 140, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Si: 4a; W: 4b; Si: 8h; W: 16k). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

Cr₅Ge₃, Cr₅Si₃, Mo₅Si₃, Nb₅Si₃, Ta₅Si₃, Ti₅Ga₃, V₅Si₃, Ti₃Sb, Hf₅Co_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Cr_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Cu_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Fe_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Ni_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Pd_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Rh_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅Ru_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Hf₅V_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Zr₅Co_{0.5}Sb_{2.5}, Zr₅Cr_{1-x}Bi_{2+x}, Zr₅Cr_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Zr₅Fe_{0.5}Sb_{2.5}, Zr₅Mn_{1-x}Bi_{2+x}, Zr₅Mn_{1-x}Sb_{2+x}, Zr₅Ni_{0.5}Sb_{2.5}, Zr₅Rh_{0.5}Sb_{2.5}, Zr₅Ru_{0.5}Sb_{2.5} <!--beginning with an

Note: D8_{m}.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A3B5_tI32_140_ah_bk-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.