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SrCuO₂
Orthorhombic · space group Cmcm (No. 63) · Pearson oC16
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
SrCuO₂ in Cmcm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 3.577 Å, b = 16.342 Å, c = 3.918 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 229.0 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 16 (Cu 4, O 8, Sr 4)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oC16 — orthorhombic, base-centred lattice, 16 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 16 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cu1 | Cu | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0611 | 0.2500 |
| O2 | O | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.9442 | 0.2500 |
| O3 | O | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.1792 | 0.2500 |
| Sr4 | Sr | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.3310 | 0.2500 |
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 16 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 16 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
AB2C_oC16_63_c_2c_c-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oC16, then the space-group number 63, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cu: 4c; O: 4c; O: 4c; Sr: 4c). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
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Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB2C_oC16_63_c_2c_c-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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