CaGaN Structure: ABC_tP6_129_c_c_c-001

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Prototype CaGaN
AFLOW prototype label ABC_tP6_129_c_c_c-001
ICSD 2027
CCDC 1591978
Pearson symbol tP6
Space group number 129
Space group symbol $P4/nmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=ABC_tP6_129_c_c_c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak z_{2}, \allowbreak z_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

EuSnP,  SrSnP


  • There are two prototypes with the AFLOW label ABC_tP6_129_c_c_c:
    • CaGaN (this structure), with c/a ≈ 2.1, and
    • TaMoN, with c/a ≈ 2.5.
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  • (Verdier, 1974) give the atomic coordinates in setting 1 of space group $P4/nmm$ #129. We shifted the origin to place the system in our standard setting 2.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Ca I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Ca I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Ga I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Ga I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) N I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) N I

References

  • P. Verdier, P. L'Hardon, M. Maunaye, and R. Marchand, Etude structurale de CaGaN, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B 30, 226–228 (1974), doi:10.1107/S0567740874002500.

Found in

  • Inorganic Crystal Structure Database. Entry 2027 (CaGaN).

First cited in

  • N. Anderson, M. J. Mehl, H. Eckert, S. Divilov, X. Campilongo, S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 5. Submitted to Computational Materials Science (2026).

Geometry files


Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=ABC_tP6_129_c_c_c --params=$a,c/a,z_{1},z_{2},z_{3}$

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