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PdTeI
Tetragonal · space group P42/mmc (No. 131) · Pearson tP12
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
PdTeI in P42/mmc
SettingUnit 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
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pd1 | Pd | 4j | 4 | 0.2525 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| I2 | I | 4k | 4 | 0.2435 | 0.5000 | 0.5000 |
| Te3 | Te | 4l | 4 | 0.2164 | 0.0000 | 0.5000 |
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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