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LaFe₄P₁₂

Cubic · space group Im-3 (No. 204) · Pearson cI34

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

LaFe₄P₁₂ in Im-3

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 7.832 Å, b = 7.832 Å, c = 7.832 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
480.4 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
34 (La 2, Fe 8, P 24)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
cI34 — cubic, body-centred lattice, 34 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
48 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
La2La2a20.00000.00000.0000
Fe1Fe8c80.25000.25000.2500
P3P24g240.00000.35390.1504

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 34 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 48 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

A4BC12_cI34_204_c_a_g-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cI34, then the space-group number 204, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (La: 2a; Fe: 8c; P: 24g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CeFe₄P₁₂, EuFe₄P₁₂, NdFe₄P₁₂, PrFe₄P₁₂, SmFe₄P₁₂, CeRu₄P₁₂, EuRu₄P₁₂, LaRu₄P₁₂, NdRu₄P₁₂, PrRu₄P₁₂, SmRu₄P₁₂, CeOs₄P₁₂, LaOs₄P₁₂, NdOs₄P₁₂, PrOs₄P₁₂, SmOs₄P₁₂, CeFe₄Sb₁₂, LaFe₄Sb₁₂, PrFe₄Sb₁₂, SmFe₄Sb₁₂, CeRu₄Sb₁₂, EuRu₄Sb₁₂, LaRu₄Sb₁₂, NdRu₄Sb₁₂, PrRu₄Sb₁₂, SmRu₄Sb₁₂, CeOs₄Sb₁₂, EuOs₄Sb₁₂, LaOs₄Sb₁₂, NdOs₄Sb₁₂, PrOs₄Sb₁₂, SmOs₄Sb₁₂ <!--beginning with an

Note: Filled Skutterudite.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A4BC12_cI34_204_c_a_g-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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