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RbAlF₄ III AlF₄Rb

Orthorhombic · space group Pmmn (No. 59) · Pearson oP24

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

RbAlF₄ III in Pmmn

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 7.207 Å, b = 7.212 Å, c = 6.240 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
324.3 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
24 (Rb 4, Al 4, F 16)
Formula units Z
4
Pearson symbol
oP24 — orthorhombic, primitive lattice, 24 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
8 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Rb6Rb2a20.25000.25000.5330
Rb5Rb2b20.25000.75000.5130
Al1Al4c40.00000.00000.0000
F3F4e40.25000.96040.9650
F2F4f40.03560.25000.9790
F4F8g80.02320.99020.2786

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

AB4C_oP24_59_c_efg_ab-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oP24, then the space-group number 59, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Rb: 2a; Rb: 2b; Al: 4c; F: 4e; F: 4f; F: 8g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CsVF₄ IV, RbFeF₄ II <!--beginning with an

Note: RbAlF₄ III.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB4C_oP24_59_c_efg_ab-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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