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F6₁ Chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) Structure ( Obsolete ): ABC2_tP4_115_a_c_g-001

Tetragonal · space group P-4m2 (No. 115) · Pearson tP4 · Strukturbericht F61 · mineral: chalcopyrite

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

F6₁ Chalcopyrite (CuFeS₂) Structure ( Obsolete ): ABC2_tP4_115_a_c_g-001 in P-4m2

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 3.726 Å, b = 3.726 Å, c = 5.194 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
72.1 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
4 (Cu 1, Fe 1, S 2)
Formula units Z
1
Pearson symbol
tP4 — tetragonal, primitive lattice, 4 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
8 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Cu1Cu1a10.00000.00000.0000
Fe2Fe1c10.50000.50000.5000
S3S2g20.00000.50000.1900

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 4 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

ABC2_tP4_115_a_c_g-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tP4, then the space-group number 115, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cu: 1a; Fe: 1c; S: 2g). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: F6₁ (Obsolete).

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry ABC2_tP4_115_a_c_g-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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