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NaP

Orthorhombic · space group P212121 (No. 19) · Pearson oP16

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

NaP in P212121

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 6.038 Å, b = 5.643 Å, c = 10.142 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
345.6 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
16 (Na 8, P 8)
Formula units Z
8
Pearson symbol
oP16 — orthorhombic, primitive lattice, 16 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
4 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Na1Na4a40.41740.90890.0318
Na2Na4a40.13380.63670.3313
P3P4a40.30860.14040.2838
P4P4a40.42870.40200.1341

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 16 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_oP16_19_2a_2a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol oP16, then the space-group number 19, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Na: 4a; Na: 4a; P: 4a; P: 4a). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Other compounds with this structure

CsSb, KP, RbSb <!--beginning with an

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry AB_oP16_19_2a_2a-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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