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Li₉Al₃(P₂O₇)₃(PO₄)₂
Trigonal · space group P-3c1 (No. 165) · Pearson hP98
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Li₉Al₃(P₂O₇)₃(PO₄)₂ in P-3c1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 9.551 Å, b = 9.551 Å, c = 13.486 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
- Cell volume
- 1065.4 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 98 (Li 18, O 58, P 16, Al 6)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- hP98 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 98 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 12 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li2 | Li | 2b | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Li3 | Li | 4d | 4 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.1173 |
| O5 | O | 4d | 4 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.4815 |
| P11 | P | 4d | 4 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.3704 |
| Al1 | Al | 6f | 6 | 0.4341 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 |
| O6 | O | 6f | 6 | 0.7922 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 |
| Li4 | Li | 12g | 12 | 0.3380 | 0.1012 | 0.0631 |
| O10 | O | 12g | 12 | 0.6722 | 0.1847 | 0.6682 |
| O7 | O | 12g | 12 | 0.4809 | 0.1020 | 0.8300 |
| O8 | O | 12g | 12 | 0.3380 | 0.2594 | 0.8408 |
| O9 | O | 12g | 12 | 0.2272 | 0.0002 | -0.0663 |
| P12 | P | 12g | 12 | 0.3180 | 0.0914 | 0.8428 |
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 98 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 12 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
A3B9C29D8_hP98_165_f_bdg_df4g_dg-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP98, then the space-group number 165, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Li: 2b; Li: 4d; O: 4d; P: 4d; Al: 6f; O: 6f; Li: 12g; O: 12g; O: 12g; O: 12g; O: 12g; P: 12g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Li₉Cr₃(P₂O₇)₃(PO₄)₂, Li₉Ga₃(P₂O₇)₃(PO₄)₂, Li₉Fe₃(P₂O₇)₃(PO₄)₂ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A3B9C29D8_hP98_165_f_bdg_df4g_dg-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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