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Phase I K₂SnCl₆ Cl₆K₂Sn
Monoclinic · space group P121/c1 (No. 14) · Pearson mP18
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Phase I K₂SnCl₆ in P121/c1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 9.988 Å, b = 7.013 Å, c = 12.223 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 144.93°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 492.0 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 18 (Sn 2, Cl 12, K 4)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- mP18 — monoclinic, primitive lattice, 18 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 4 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sn5 | Sn | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Cl1 | Cl | 4e | 4 | 0.2500 | 0.2890 | 0.7710 |
| Cl2 | Cl | 4e | 4 | 0.2030 | 0.7710 | 0.7180 |
| Cl3 | Cl | 4e | 4 | 0.2810 | 0.5010 | 0.5410 |
| K4 | K | 4e | 4 | 0.7480 | 0.4750 | 0.0070 |
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 18 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 4 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_mP18_14_3e_e_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mP18, then the space-group number 14, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Sn: 2a; Cl: 4e; Cl: 4e; Cl: 4e; K: 4e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Note: Phase I.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A6B2C_mP18_14_3e_e_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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