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B30 (MgZn?) Structure ( Problematic ): AB_oI48_44_6c_abc2de-001

Orthorhombic · space group Imm2 (No. 44) · Pearson oI48 · Strukturbericht B30

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

B30 (MgZn?) Structure ( Problematic ): AB_oI48_44_6c_abc2de-001 in Imm2

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 17.160 Å, b = 7.538 Å, c = 7.538 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
975.0 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
48 (Zn 24, Mg 24)
Formula units Z
24
Pearson symbol
oI48 — orthorhombic, body-centred lattice, 48 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
8 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Zn7Zn2a20.00000.00000.0417
Zn8Zn2b20.00000.50000.5417
Mg1Mg4c40.09380.00000.5417
Mg2Mg4c40.59380.00000.5417
Mg3Mg4c40.84380.00000.2083
Mg4Mg4c40.34380.00000.2083
Mg5Mg4c40.59380.00000.8750
Mg6Mg4c40.15630.00000.8750
Zn11Zn4c40.75000.00000.7083
Zn10Zn4d40.00000.75000.7917
Zn9Zn4d40.00000.25000.2917
Zn12Zn8e80.75000.25000.4583

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 48 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 8 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_oI48_44_6c_abc2de-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oI48, then the space-group number 44, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Zn: 2a; Zn: 2b; Mg: 4c; Mg: 4c; Mg: 4c; Mg: 4c; Mg: 4c; Mg: 4c; Zn: 4c; Zn: 4d; Zn: 4d; Zn: 8e). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: B30, Problematic.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB_oI48_44_6c_abc2de-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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