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S₂ (S₄N₂)
Tetragonal · space group P42nm (No. 102) · Pearson tP24
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
S₂ (S₄N₂) in P42nm
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 11.250 Å, b = 11.250 Å, c = 3.836 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 485.5 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 24 (S 16, N 8)
- Formula units Z
- 8
- Pearson symbol
- tP24 — tetragonal, primitive lattice, 24 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | S | 4c | 4 | 0.1115 | 0.1115 | 0.0000 |
| S3 | S | 4c | 4 | 0.3200 | 0.3200 | 0.0525 |
| N1 | N | 8d | 8 | 0.2425 | 0.0707 | 0.0616 |
| S4 | S | 8d | 8 | 0.3530 | 0.1505 | 0.2278 |
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 24 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
AB2_tP24_102_d_2cd-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tP24, then the space-group number 102, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (S: 4c; S: 4c; N: 8d; S: 8d). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB2_tP24_102_d_2cd-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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