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K₂NiF₄
Tetragonal · space group I4/mmm (No. 139) · Pearson tI14
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
K₂NiF₄ in I4/mmm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 4.000 Å, b = 4.000 Å, c = 13.070 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 209.1 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 14 (Ni 2, F 8, K 4)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- tI14 — tetragonal, body-centred lattice, 14 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 32 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ni4 | Ni | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| F1 | F | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 | 0.0000 |
| F2 | F | 4e | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.1510 |
| K3 | K | 4e | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.3520 |
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 14 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
A4B2C_tI14_139_ce_e_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tI14, then the space-group number 139, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Ni: 2a; F: 4c; F: 4e; K: 4e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Ba₂SnO₄, Ba₂ZrS₄, Ca₂MnO₄, Cs₂CrCl₄, Cs₂CrF₄, Cs₂CuCl₄, Cs₂CuF₄, K₂CrCl₄, K₂CrF₄, K₂CuCl₄, K₂CuF₄, La₂NiO₄, La₂PdO₄, Nd₂CuO₄, Sr₂IrO₄, Sr₂MnO₄, Sr₂RuO₄, Sr₂SnO₄, Sr₂TiO₄, Sr₂VO₄, (Fe, La)₂SrO₄, (Sr, La)₂AlO₄, (Sr, La)₂CoO₄ <!--beginning with an
Note: Ruddlesden-Popper.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A4B2C_tI14_139_ce_e_a-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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