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Intermediate Temperature Bornite (Cu_{5/6}Fe_{1/6})₃S₂

Cubic · space group Fm-3m (No. 225) · Pearson cF256 · mineral: bornite

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Intermediate Temperature Bornite (Cu_{5/6}Fe_{1/6})₃S₂ in Fm-3m

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 10.981 Å, b = 10.981 Å, c = 10.981 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
1324.1 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
256 (S 32, Cu 224)
Formula units Z
32
Pearson symbol
cF256 — cubic, face-centred lattice, 256 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
192 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
S4S8c80.25000.25000.2500
S5S24e240.75350.00000.0000
Cu1Cu32f320.59090.59090.5909
Cu2Cu96k960.86140.86140.1133
Cu3Cu96k960.62950.62950.6069

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 256 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 192 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

A7B_cF256_225_f2k_ce-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cF256, then the space-group number 225, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (S: 8c; S: 24e; Cu: 32f; Cu: 96k; Cu: 96k). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: Bornite, 443-508K.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A7B_cF256_225_f2k_ce-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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