Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: ABC3_oC20_63_c_a_cf-003

This structure originally had the label ABC3_oC20_63_c_b_cf. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

If you are using this page, please cite:
D. Hicks, M.J. Mehl, M. Esters, C. Oses, O. Levy, G.L.W. Hart, C. Toher, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3, Comp. Mat. Sci. 199, 110450 (2021). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

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V$_{3}$AsC Structure: ABC3_oC20_63_c_a_cf-003

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Prototype AsCV$_{3}$
AFLOW prototype label ABC3_oC20_63_c_a_cf-003
ICSD 25761
Pearson symbol oC20
Space group number 63
Space group symbol $Cmcm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=ABC3_oC20_63_c_a_cf-003
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak y_{2}, \allowbreak y_{3}, \allowbreak y_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}$

Other compounds with this structure

V$_{3}$PC,  V$_{3}$PN,  V$_{3}$AsN,  Cr$_{3}$PC,  Cr$_{3}$AsC,  Zr$_{3}$AlN,  UScS$_{3}$


  • This structure is a filled version of the Re$_{3}$B structure, with carbon atoms sitting in the (4b) Wyckoff positions. This is the ternary version of the structure. The quaternary version, where all Wyckoff positions contain different species of atoms, is listed as the ThFe$_{2}$SiC structure.
  • We have shifted the origin to move the first of the C I atoms to the origin.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (4a) C I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) C I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) As I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) As I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) V I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) V I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8f) V II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8f) V II
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(z_{4} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c \left(z_{4} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8f) V II
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8f) V II

References

  • H. Boller and H. Nowotny, Zum Dreistoff: Vanadin-Arsen-Kohlenstoff, Monatsh. Chem. 98, 2127–2132 (1967), doi:10.1007/BF01167176.

Found in

  • A. M. Witte and W. Jeitschko, Carbides with Filled Re$_{3}$B-Type Structure, J. Solid State Chem. 112, 232–236 (1994), doi:10.1006/jssc.1994.1297.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=ABC3_oC20_63_c_a_cf --params=$a,b/a,c/a,y_{2},y_{3},y_{4},z_{4}$

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