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NS
Monoclinic · space group P121/c1 (No. 14) · Pearson mP32
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
NS in P121/c1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 8.750 Å, b = 7.160 Å, c = 12.569 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 136.57°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 541.4 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 32 (N 16, S 16)
- Formula units Z
- 16
- Pearson symbol
- mP32 — monoclinic, primitive lattice, 32 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 4 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1 | N | 4e | 4 | 0.0168 | 0.7587 | 0.0238 |
| N2 | N | 4e | 4 | 0.6249 | 0.7309 | 0.6077 |
| N3 | N | 4e | 4 | 0.0164 | 0.6075 | 0.8403 |
| N4 | N | 4e | 4 | 0.6254 | 0.8851 | 0.7917 |
| S5 | S | 4e | 4 | 0.6898 | 0.9260 | 0.7004 |
| S6 | S | 4e | 4 | 0.7557 | 0.7088 | 0.9057 |
| S7 | S | 4e | 4 | 0.0836 | 0.7951 | 0.9348 |
| S8 | S | 4e | 4 | 0.7566 | 0.5535 | 0.7213 |
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 32 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
AB_mP32_14_4e_4e-004: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mP32, then the space-group number 14, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (N: 4e; N: 4e; N: 4e; N: 4e; S: 4e; S: 4e; S: 4e; S: 4e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
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Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB_mP32_14_4e_4e-004 (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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