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Cl (A18) Structure ( Obsolete ): A_tP16_138_j-001

Tetragonal · space group P42/ncm (No. 138) · Pearson tP16 · Strukturbericht A18

Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)

Cl (A18) Structure ( Obsolete ): A_tP16_138_j-001 in P42/ncm

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

Unit cell

Lattice constants
a = 8.560 Å, b = 8.560 Å, c = 6.120 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 90.00°
Cell volume
448.4 ų
Atoms in the conventional cell
16 (Cl 16)
Formula units Z
16
Pearson symbol
tP16 — tetragonal, primitive lattice, 16 atoms per conventional cell
Symmetry operations
16 per cell

Crystallographic sites

SiteElementWyckoffMultiplicityxyz
Cl1Cl16j160.37500.91700.8570

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 16 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_tP16_138_j-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol tP16, then the space-group number 138, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Cl: 16j). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.

Note: A18.

Source

Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry A_tP16_138_j-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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