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CeAuAl₄Ge₂

Trigonal · space group R-3m (No. 166) · Pearson hR8

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

CeAuAl₄Ge₂ in R-3m

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 4.238 Å, b = 4.238 Å, c = 31.613 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
Cell volume
491.8 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
24 (Au 3, Ce 3, Al 12, Ge 6)
Formula units Z
3
Pearson symbol
hR8 — hexagonal / trigonal, rhombohedral lattice, 8 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
36 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Au3Au3a30.00000.00000.0000
Ce4Ce3b30.00000.00000.5000
Al1Al6c60.00000.00000.6912
Al2Al6c60.00000.00000.0820
Ge5Ge6c60.00000.00000.7748

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 24 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 36 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

A4BCD2_hR8_166_2c_a_b_c-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hR8, then the space-group number 166, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Au: 3a; Ce: 3b; Al: 6c; Al: 6c; Ge: 6c). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CeAuAl₄Ge₂, CePtAl₄Ge₂, DyAuAl₄Ge₂, ErAuAl₄Ge₂, EuAuAl₄Ge₂, GdAuAl₄Ge₂, GdNiAl₄Ge₂, LuNiAl₄Ge₂, NdAuAl₄Ge₂, PrAuAl₄Ge₂, SmAuAl₄Ge₂, TbAuAl₄Ge₂, TmAuAl₄Ge₂, YNiAl₄Ge₂ <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A4BCD2_hR8_166_2c_a_b_c-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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