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CePdGa₆

Tetragonal · space group P4/mmm (No. 123) · Pearson tP8

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

CePdGa₆ in P4/mmm

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 4.350 Å, b = 4.350 Å, c = 7.922 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
149.9 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
8 (Ce 1, Pd 1, Ga 6)
Formula units Z
1
Pearson symbol
tP8 — tetragonal, primitive lattice, 8 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
16 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Ce1Ce1a10.00000.00000.0000
Pd4Pd1b10.00000.00000.5000
Ga2Ga2h20.50000.50000.1515
Ga3Ga4i40.00000.50000.3293

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 8 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 16 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

AB6C_tP8_123_a_hi_b-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tP8, then the space-group number 123, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Ce: 1a; Pd: 1b; Ga: 2h; Ga: 4i). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

LaPdGa₆, SrAu(Au_{0.5}Ga_{0.5})₂Ga₄ <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB6C_tP8_123_a_hi_b-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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