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η-Fe₂Al₅ Al₅Fe₂
Orthorhombic · space group Cmcm (No. 63) · Pearson oC24
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
η-Fe₂Al₅ in Cmcm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 7.656 Å, b = 6.415 Å, c = 4.218 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 207.2 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 24 (Al 20, Fe 4)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oC24 — orthorhombic, base-centred lattice, 24 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 16 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al1 | Al | 4a | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Fe4 | Fe | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.3277 | 0.2500 |
| Al2 | Al | 8f | 8 | 0.0000 | 0.0340 | 0.8300 |
| Al3 | Al | 8g | 8 | 0.1880 | 0.6467 | 0.2500 |
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 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
A5B_oC24_63_afg_c-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oC24, then the space-group number 63, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Al: 4a; Fe: 4c; Al: 8f; Al: 8g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Note: \eta-Fe₂Al₅.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A5B_oC24_63_afg_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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