Weberite (Na₂MgAlF₇)

Unit cell

Lattice constants

a = 7.050 Å, b = 9.979 Å, c = 7.297 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°

Cell volume

513.4 ų

Atoms in the conventional cell

44 (Al 4, Na 8, Mg 4, F 28)

Formula units Z

4

Pearson symbol

oI44 — orthorhombic, body-centred lattice, 44 atoms per conventional cell

Symmetry operations

8 per cell

Crystallographic sites

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 44 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

AB7CD2_oI44_24_a_c3d_b_ab-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oI44, then the space-group number 24, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Al: 4a; Na: 4a; Mg: 4b; Na: 4b; F: 4c; F: 8d; F: 8d; F: 8d). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: Weberite.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB7CD2_oI44_24_a_c3d_b_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.