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PdTeI

Tetragonal · space group P42/mmc (No. 131) · Pearson tP12

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

PdTeI in P42/mmc

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 7.821 Å, b = 7.821 Å, c = 5.659 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
346.1 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
12 (Pd 4, I 4, Te 4)
Formula units Z
4
Pearson symbol
tP12 — tetragonal, primitive lattice, 12 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
16 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Pd1Pd4j40.25250.00000.0000
I2I4k40.24350.50000.5000
Te3Te4l40.21640.00000.5000

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 12 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 16 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

ABC_tP12_131_k_j_l-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tP12, then the space-group number 131, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Pd: 4j; I: 4k; Te: 4l). 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 ABC_tP12_131_k_j_l-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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