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LaOF

Tetragonal · space group P4/nmm (No. 129) · Pearson tP6

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

LaOF in P4/nmm

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 4.083 Å, b = 4.083 Å, c = 5.825 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
97.1 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
6 (F 2, O 2, La 2)
Formula units Z
2
Pearson symbol
tP6 — tetragonal, primitive lattice, 6 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
16 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
F1F2a20.75000.25000.0000
O3O2b20.75000.25000.5000
La2La2c20.25000.25000.7780

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 6 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_tP6_129_a_c_b-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tP6, then the space-group number 129, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (F: 2a; O: 2b; La: 2c). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

DyOF, ErOF, EuOF, GdOF, HoOF, LiMnAs, LiMnP, LiMnSb, NdOF, PuOF, PrOF, SmOF, TbOF, YOF <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry ABC_tP6_129_a_c_b-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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