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LiCo₆P₄

Hexagonal · space group P-6m2 (No. 187) · Pearson hP11

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

LiCo₆P₄ in P-6m2

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 6.584 Å, b = 6.584 Å, c = 3.338 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
Cell volume
125.3 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
11 (Li 1, P 4, Co 6)
Formula units Z
1
Pearson symbol
hP11 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 11 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
12 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Li3Li1a10.00000.00000.0000
P4P1c10.33330.66670.0000
Co1Co3j30.53650.46350.0000
Co2Co3k30.20020.79980.5000
P5P3k30.81920.18080.5000

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 11 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

A6BC4_hP11_187_jk_a_ck-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP11, then the space-group number 187, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Li: 1a; P: 1c; Co: 3j; Co: 3k; P: 3k). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CeCo₆P₄, CeRh₆Ge₄, CeRh₆Ge₄, DyCo₆P₄, DyRh₆Ge₄, ErCo₆P₄, ErRh₆Ge₄, EuCo₆P₄, EuRh₆Ge₄, GdCo₆P₄, GdRh₆Ge₄, HoCo₆P₄, HoRh₆Ge₄, LaCo₆P₄, LaRh₆Ge₄, LuCo₆P₄, LuRh₆Ge₄, LuRh₆P₄, NdCo₆P₄, NdRh₆Ge₄, PrCo₆P₄, PrRh₆Ge₄, ScRh₆P₄, SmCo₆P₄, SmRh₆Ge₄, TbCo₆P₄, TbRh₆Ge₄, TmCo₆P₄, TmRh₆Ge₄, YCo₆P₄, YRh₆Ge₄, YRh₆P₄, YbCo₆P₄, YbRh₆Ge₄ <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A6BC4_hP11_187_jk_a_ck-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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