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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

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

Unit 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

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Al1Al4a40.00000.00000.0000
Fe4Fe4c40.00000.32770.2500
Al2Al8f80.00000.03400.8300
Al3Al8g80.18800.64670.2500

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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