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α-Po (A_{h}, simple cubic)
Cubic · space group Pm-3m (No. 221) · Pearson cP1 · Strukturbericht Ah
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
α-Po (A_{h}, simple cubic) in Pm-3m
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 3.340 Å, b = 3.340 Å, c = 3.340 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
- Cell volume
- 37.3 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 1 (Po 1)
- Formula units Z
- 1
- Pearson symbol
- cP1 — cubic, primitive lattice, 1 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 48 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Po1 | Po | 1a | 1 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
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 1 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 48 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
A_cP1_221_a-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol cP1, then the space-group number 221, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Po: 1a). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Other compounds with this structure
Nd_{0.5}Te_{0.5} <!--beginning with an
Note: A_{h}, α-Po, simple cubic lattice.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A_cP1_221_a-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.