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NiTi
Monoclinic · space group P121/m1 (No. 11) · Pearson mP4
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
NiTi in P121/m1
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 2.884 Å, b = 4.106 Å, c = 4.667 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 97.94°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 54.7 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 4 (Ni 2, Ti 2)
- Formula units Z
- 2
- Pearson symbol
- mP4 — monoclinic, primitive lattice, 4 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 4 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ni1 | Ni | 2e | 2 | 0.0387 | 0.2500 | 0.1748 |
| Ti2 | Ti | 2e | 2 | 0.4113 | 0.2500 | 0.7184 |
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 4 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_mP4_11_e_e-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol mP4, then the space-group number 11, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Ni: 2e; Ti: 2e). 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 AB_mP4_11_e_e-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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