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Low Temperature GdBO₃ BGdO₃

Trigonal · space group R32 (No. 155) · Pearson hR30

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Low Temperature GdBO₃ in R32

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 6.636 Å, b = 6.636 Å, c = 26.706 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
Cell volume
1018.4 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
90 (B 18, O 54, Gd 18)
Formula units Z
18
Pearson symbol
hR30 — hexagonal / trigonal, rhombohedral lattice, 30 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
18 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
B1B9d90.24000.00000.0000
O4O9d90.78600.00000.0000
B2B9e90.24000.00000.5000
O5O9e90.79800.00000.5000
Gd3Gd18f180.33580.33720.0820
O6O18f180.99100.32400.1200
O7O18f180.02100.34800.0490

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 90 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 18 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

ABC3_hR30_155_de_f_de2f-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hR30, then the space-group number 155, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (B: 9d; O: 9d; B: 9e; O: 9e; Gd: 18f; O: 18f; O: 18f). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: LT.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry ABC3_hR30_155_de_f_de2f-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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