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Buckled Graphite C
Hexagonal · space group P63mc (No. 186) · Pearson hP4 · mineral: graphite
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
Buckled Graphite in P63mc
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 2.470 Å, b = 2.470 Å, c = 6.800 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
- Cell volume
- 35.9 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 4 (C 4)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- hP4 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 4 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 12 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | C | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| C2 | C | 2b | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.0714 |
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 12 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_hP4_186_ab-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP4, then the space-group number 186, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (C: 2a; C: 2b). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Note: Buckled Graphite.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A_hP4_186_ab-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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