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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

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

Unit 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

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Br1Br2a20.00000.00000.8543
Br2Br2a20.00000.00000.5000
Cu3Cu4c40.30110.72100.4096
Se4Se4c40.36070.73050.1733
Se5Se4c40.58470.86290.0496
Se6Se4c40.63020.85230.2991

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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