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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

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

Unit 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

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Li2Li2b20.00000.00000.0000
Li3Li4d40.33330.66670.1173
O5O4d40.33330.66670.4815
P11P4d40.33330.66670.3704
Al1Al6f60.43410.00000.2500
O6O6f60.79220.00000.2500
Li4Li12g120.33800.10120.0631
O10O12g120.67220.18470.6682
O7O12g120.48090.10200.8300
O8O12g120.33800.25940.8408
O9O12g120.22720.0002-0.0663
P12P12g120.31800.09140.8428

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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