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Cr₇Se₈
Monoclinic · space group C12/m1 (No. 12) · Pearson mC30
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Cr₇Se₈ in C12/m1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 12.670 Å, b = 7.370 Å, c = 8.790 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 137.05°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 559.3 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 30 (Cr 14, Se 16)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- mC30 — monoclinic, base-centred lattice, 30 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cr1 | Cr | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Cr2 | Cr | 4e | 4 | 0.2500 | 0.2500 | 0.0000 |
| Cr3 | Cr | 4h | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.2440 | 0.5000 |
| Cr4 | Cr | 4i | 4 | 0.2620 | 0.0000 | 0.5360 |
| Se5 | Se | 4i | 4 | 0.7950 | 0.0000 | 0.2440 |
| Se6 | Se | 4i | 4 | 0.2950 | 0.0000 | 0.2520 |
| Se7 | Se | 8j | 8 | 0.5530 | 0.7490 | 0.2620 |
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 30 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 8 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
A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mC30, then the space-group number 12, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cr: 2a; Cr: 4e; Cr: 4h; Cr: 4i; Se: 4i; Se: 4i; Se: 8j). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Co₇Se₈, Cr₇S₈, Cr₇Te₈ <!--beginning with an
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij-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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