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NiMoP₂

Hexagonal · space group P63/mmc (No. 194) · Pearson hP8

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

NiMoP₂ in P63/mmc

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 3.329 Å, b = 3.329 Å, c = 11.220 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
Cell volume
107.7 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
8 (Ni 2, Mn 2, P 4)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
hP8 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 8 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
24 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Ni2Ni2a20.00000.00000.0000
Mn1Mn2b20.00000.00000.2500
P3P4f40.33330.66670.1132

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 24 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

ABC2_hP8_194_b_a_f-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP8, then the space-group number 194, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Ni: 2a; Mn: 2b; P: 4f). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CoMoP₂, CoWP₂, NiWP₂ <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry ABC2_hP8_194_b_a_f-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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