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Face-Centered Orthorhombic La₂CuO₄ CuLa₂O₄
Orthorhombic · space group Fmmm (No. 69) · Pearson oF28
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Face-Centered Orthorhombic La₂CuO₄ in Fmmm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 13.170 Å, b = 5.363 Å, c = 5.409 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 382.0 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 28 (Cu 4, O 16, La 8)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oF28 — orthorhombic, face-centred lattice, 28 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 32 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cu1 | Cu | 4a | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| O3 | O | 8c | 8 | 0.0000 | 0.2500 | 0.2500 |
| La2 | La | 8g | 8 | 0.3620 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| O4 | O | 8g | 8 | 0.1820 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
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 28 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 32 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
AB2C4_oF28_69_a_g_cg-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oF28, then the space-group number 69, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cu: 4a; O: 8c; La: 8g; O: 8g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Note: FCO La₂CuO₄.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB2C4_oF28_69_a_g_cg-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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