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Na₂CaSiO₄ (S6₆)

Cubic · space group P213 (No. 198) · Pearson cP32 · Strukturbericht S66

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Na₂CaSiO₄ (S6₆) in P213

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 7.480 Å, b = 7.480 Å, c = 7.480 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
418.5 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
32 (Ca 4, Na 8, O 16, Si 4)
Formula units Z
4
Pearson symbol
cP32 — cubic, primitive lattice, 32 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
12 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Ca1Ca4a40.99300.99300.9930
Na2Na4a40.50000.50000.5000
Na3Na4a40.75000.75000.7500
O4O4a40.13300.13300.1330
Si6Si4a40.25300.25300.2530
O5O12b120.55600.66700.2220

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 32 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

AB2C4D_cP32_198_a_2a_ab_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cP32, then the space-group number 198, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Ca: 4a; Na: 4a; Na: 4a; O: 4a; Si: 4a; O: 12b). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

K₃CrO₄, Li₂SrSi₄ <!--beginning with an

Note: S6₆.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB2C4D_cP32_198_a_2a_ab_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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