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AlLi₃N₂ (E9_{d})

Cubic · space group Ia-3 (No. 206) · Pearson cI96 · Strukturbericht E9d

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

AlLi₃N₂ (E9_{d}) in Ia-3

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 9.460 Å, b = 9.460 Å, c = 9.460 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
846.6 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
96 (N 32, Al 16, Li 48)
Formula units Z
16
Pearson symbol
cI96 — cubic, body-centred lattice, 96 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
48 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
N3N8a80.00000.00000.0000
Al1Al16c160.11500.11500.1150
N4N24d240.20500.00000.2500
Li2Li48e480.16000.38200.1100

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 96 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 48 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

AB3C2_cI96_206_c_e_ad-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cI96, then the space-group number 206, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (N: 8a; Al: 16c; N: 24d; Li: 48e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

GaLi₃N₂, ScLi₃N₂, TiLi₃N₂, ZnLi₃N₂, SiLi₃N₂, GeLi₃N₂ <!--beginning with an

Note: E9_{d}.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB3C2_cI96_206_c_e_ad-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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