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Pnc2 CuBrSe₃ BrCuSe₃
Orthorhombic · space group Pnc2 (No. 30) · Pearson oP20
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Pnc2 CuBrSe₃ in Pnc2
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 4.481 Å, b = 7.672 Å, c = 14.329 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 492.6 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 20 (Br 4, Cu 4, Se 12)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- oP20 — orthorhombic, primitive lattice, 20 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 4 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Br1 | Br | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.8543 |
| Br2 | Br | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 |
| Cu3 | Cu | 4c | 4 | 0.3011 | 0.7210 | 0.4096 |
| Se4 | Se | 4c | 4 | 0.3607 | 0.7305 | 0.1733 |
| Se5 | Se | 4c | 4 | 0.5847 | 0.8629 | 0.0496 |
| Se6 | Se | 4c | 4 | 0.6302 | 0.8523 | 0.2991 |
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 20 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 4 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_oP20_30_2a_c_3c-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oP20, then the space-group number 30, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Br: 2a; Br: 2a; Cu: 4c; Se: 4c; Se: 4c; Se: 4c). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry ABC3_oP20_30_2a_c_3c-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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