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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
SettingUnit 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
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rb6 | Rb | 2a | 2 | 0.2500 | 0.2500 | 0.5330 |
| Rb5 | Rb | 2b | 2 | 0.2500 | 0.7500 | 0.5130 |
| Al1 | Al | 4c | 4 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| F3 | F | 4e | 4 | 0.2500 | 0.9604 | 0.9650 |
| F2 | F | 4f | 4 | 0.0356 | 0.2500 | 0.9790 |
| F4 | F | 8g | 8 | 0.0232 | 0.9902 | 0.2786 |
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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