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Dy₆Fe₁₆O

Cubic · space group Im-3m (No. 229) · Pearson cI46

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Dy₆Fe₁₆O in Im-3m

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 8.869 Å, b = 8.869 Å, c = 8.869 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
697.7 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
46 (O 2, Fe 32, Dy 12)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
cI46 — cubic, body-centred lattice, 46 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
96 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
O4O2a20.00000.00000.0000
Fe2Fe8c80.25000.25000.2500
Dy1Dy12e120.28000.00000.0000
Fe3Fe24h240.00000.33330.3333

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 46 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 96 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

A6B16C_cI46_229_e_ch_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cI46, then the space-group number 229, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (O: 2a; Fe: 8c; Dy: 12e; Fe: 24h). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

Ba₆Na₁₆N, Ca₆Ag₁₆N, Dy₆Fe₁₆O, Dy₆Fe₁₆O, Er₆Fe₁₆O, Gd₆Fe₁₆O, Ho₆Fe₁₆O, Tb₆Fe₁₆O, Y₆Fe₁₆O <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A6B16C_cI46_229_e_ch_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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