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beta₁-K₂UF₆ F₆K₂U

Hexagonal · space group P-62m (No. 189) · Pearson hP9

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

beta₁-K₂UF₆ in P-62m

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 6.553 Å, b = 6.553 Å, c = 3.749 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
Cell volume
139.4 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
9 (U 1, K 2, F 6)
Formula units Z
1
Pearson symbol
hP9 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 9 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
12 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
U4U1b10.00000.00000.5000
K3K2c20.33330.66670.0000
F1F3f30.22300.00000.0000
F2F3g30.66200.00000.5000

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 9 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 12 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

A6B2C_hP9_189_fg_c_b-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP9, then the space-group number 189, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (U: 1b; K: 2c; F: 3f; F: 3g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

K₂CeF₆, K₂ThF₆, δ-Na₂UF₆ <!--beginning with an

Note: \beta₁-K₂UF₆.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A6B2C_hP9_189_fg_c_b-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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