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AFLOW Prototype: ABC4_tP12_125_a_b_m-001

This structure originally had the label ABC4_tP12_125_a_b_m. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)

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KCeSe$_{4}$ Structure: ABC4_tP12_125_a_b_m-001

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Prototype CdKSe$_{4}$
AFLOW prototype label ABC4_tP12_125_a_b_m-001
ICSD 67656
Pearson symbol tP12
Space group number 125
Space group symbol $P4/nbm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=ABC4_tP12_125_a_b_m-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak z_{3}$

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (2a) Ce I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (2a) Ce I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2b) K I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2b) K I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) Se I

References

  • A. C. Sutorik and M. G. Kanatzidis, KCeSe$_{4}$: A New Solid-State Lanthanide Polychalcogenide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 31, 1594–1596 (1992), doi:10.1002/anie.199215941.

Found in

  • P. Villars and K. Cenzual, Pearson's Crystal Data – Crystal Structure Database for Inorganic Compounds (2013). ASM International.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=ABC4_tP12_125_a_b_m --params=$a,c/a,x_{3},z_{3}$

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