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β-CuCrP₂S₆ CrCuP₂S₆
Monoclinic · space group C12/c1 (No. 15) · Pearson mC52
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
β-CuCrP₂S₆ in C12/c1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 5.916 Å, b = 10.246 Å, c = 13.415 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 107.09°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 777.2 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 52 (Cr 4, Cu 16, P 8, S 24)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- mC52 — monoclinic, base-centred lattice, 52 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 8 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cr1 | Cr | 4e | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.3351 | 0.2500 |
| Cu2 | Cu | 8f | 8 | 0.0607 | 0.0021 | 0.3482 |
| Cu3 | Cu | 8f | 8 | 0.9966 | 0.0020 | 0.2670 |
| P4 | P | 8f | 8 | 0.5533 | 0.8319 | 0.8344 |
| S5 | S | 8f | 8 | 0.7471 | 0.6823 | 0.3736 |
| S6 | S | 8f | 8 | 0.2656 | 0.1724 | 0.8736 |
| S7 | S | 8f | 8 | 0.7240 | 0.9956 | 0.3757 |
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 52 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
AB4C2D6_mC52_15_e_2f_f_3f-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mC52, then the space-group number 15, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cr: 4e; Cu: 8f; Cu: 8f; P: 8f; S: 8f; S: 8f; S: 8f). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Note: \beta-CuCrP₂S₆.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB4C2D6_mC52_15_e_2f_f_3f-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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