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La₃NbO₇
Orthorhombic · space group Cmcm (No. 63) · Pearson oC44
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
La₃NbO₇ in Cmcm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 11.167 Å, b = 7.629 Å, c = 7.753 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 660.5 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 44 (La 12, Nb 4, O 28)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oC44 — orthorhombic, base-centred lattice, 44 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 16 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La1 | La | 4a | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Nb3 | Nb | 4b | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | 0.0000 |
| O4 | O | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.4490 | 0.2500 |
| La2 | La | 8g | 8 | 0.2253 | 0.3025 | 0.2500 |
| O5 | O | 8g | 8 | 0.6390 | 0.5280 | 0.2500 |
| O6 | O | 16h | 16 | 0.1290 | 0.3200 | 0.0360 |
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 44 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 16 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
A3BC7_oC44_63_ag_b_cgh-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oC44, then the space-group number 63, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (La: 4a; Nb: 4b; O: 4c; La: 8g; O: 8g; O: 16h). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Eu₃IrO₇, Nd₃NbO₇, Pr₃IrO₇ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A3BC7_oC44_63_ag_b_cgh-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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