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KH₂PO₄ (H2₂)
Tetragonal · space group I-42d (No. 122) · Pearson tI40 · Strukturbericht H22
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
KH₂PO₄ (H2₂) in I-42d
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 7.426 Å, b = 7.426 Å, c = 6.931 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 382.3 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 40 (K 4, P 4, H 16, O 16)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- tI40 — tetragonal, body-centred lattice, 40 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 16 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K2 | K | 4a | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| P4 | P | 4b | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 |
| H1 | H | 16e | 16 | 0.7729 | 0.6487 | 0.8727 |
| O3 | O | 16e | 16 | 0.9172 | 0.6493 | 0.8768 |
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 40 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
A4BC4D_tI40_122_e_b_e_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tI40, then the space-group number 122, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (K: 4a; P: 4b; H: 16e; O: 16e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
RbH₂PO₄, KH₂AsO₄, RbH₂AsO₄, CsH₂AsO₄, NH₄H₂PO₄, NH₄H₂AsO₄ <!--beginning with an
Note: H2₂.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A4BC4D_tI40_122_e_b_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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