Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B_tI6_139_d_a-001

This structure originally had the label A2B_tI6_139_d_a. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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ThH$_{2}$ ($L'2_{b}$) Structure: A2B_tI6_139_d_a-001

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Prototype H$_{2}$Th
AFLOW prototype label A2B_tI6_139_d_a-001
Strukturbericht designation $L'2_{b}$
ICSD 24623
Pearson symbol tI6
Space group number 139
Space group symbol $I4/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A2B_tI6_139_d_a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a$

Other compounds with this structure

SiPt$_{2}$,  TiH$_{2}$,  ZrH$_{2}$,  Pt$_{2}$Si (LT)


  • This structure was given the extended Strukturbericht label $L'2_{b}$ by (Pearson, 1967). It did not appear in the original Strukturbericht volumes. We had previously followed (Villars, 1991) and (Westbrook, 1995) and gave it the label $L'2$, however this conflicts with the label for the $L'2_{0}$ martensite structure, so we will now use the original label.

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a_{1}}&=&- \frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{2}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{3}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array}\]

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Th I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4d) H I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4d) H I

References

  • R. E. Rundle, C. G. Shull, and E. O. Wollan, The crystal structure of thorium and zirconium dihydrides by X-ray and neutron diffraction, Acta Cryst. 5, 22–26 (1952), doi:10.1107/S0365110X52000071.
  • W. B. Pearson, A Handbook of Lattice Spacings and Structures of Metals and Alloys, Volume 2, International Series of Monographs on Metal Physics and Physical Metallurgy, vol. 8 (Pergamon Press, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Paris, Braunschweig, 1967).
  • P. Villars and L. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1991), 2nd edn.
  • J. H. Westbrook and R. L. Fleischer, eds., Intermetallic Compounds – Principles and Practice (John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England, 1995). Two Volumes.

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