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LiCo₆P₄
Hexagonal · space group P-6m2 (No. 187) · Pearson hP11
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
LiCo₆P₄ in P-6m2
SettingUnit 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
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li3 | Li | 1a | 1 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| P4 | P | 1c | 1 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.0000 |
| Co1 | Co | 3j | 3 | 0.5365 | 0.4635 | 0.0000 |
| Co2 | Co | 3k | 3 | 0.2002 | 0.7998 | 0.5000 |
| P5 | P | 3k | 3 | 0.8192 | 0.1808 | 0.5000 |
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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