Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B_hP9_147_g_ad

  • M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)
  • 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)
  • 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)

$\zeta$–AgZn ($B_{b}$) Structure: A2B_hP9_147_g_ad

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Prototype : $\zeta$–AgZn
AFLOW prototype label : A2B_hP9_147_g_ad
Strukturbericht designation : $B_{b}$
Pearson symbol : hP9
Space group number : 147
Space group symbol : $\text{P}\bar{3}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A2B_hP9_147_g_ad
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$z_2$,$x_3$,$y_3$,$z_3$


Other compounds with this structure

  • Ag10CdZn9, Ag50MgZn49

  • When $z_{2} = 0$, $x_{3} = 1/3$, $y_{3} = 0$, and $z_{3} = 1/2$, this structure becomes the hexagonal omega (C32) structure. This is an alloy phase. The (1a) and (2d) sites are pure Zn, but the (6g) site is a mixture of Ag and Zn, so we designate it as M. If the system is stoichiometric then M = (Ag4.5,Zn1.5).

Trigonal Hexagonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B_1} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & 0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{Zn} \\ \mathbf{B_2} & =& \frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_2 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} +z_2 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2d\right) & \text{Zn} \\ \mathbf{B_3} & =& \frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_2 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} -z_2 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2d\right) & \text{Zn} \\ \mathbf{B_4} & =& x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, \left(x_3 + y_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, \left(y_3 - x_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6g\right) & \text{M} \\ \mathbf{B_5} & =& -y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_3 - y_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, \left(x_3 -2 y_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, x_3 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6g\right) & \text{M} \\ \mathbf{B_6} & =& \left(y_3 - x_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, \left(y_3 -2 x_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, y_3 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6g\right) & \text{M} \\ \mathbf{B_7} & =& - x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - \frac12 \, \left(x_3 + y_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, \left(x_3 - y_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6g\right) & \text{M} \\ \mathbf{B_8} & =& y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(y_3 - x_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, \left(2 y_3 - x_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, x_3 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6g\right) & \text{M} \\ \mathbf{B_9} & =& \left(x_3 - y_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, \left(2x_3 - y_3\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, y_3 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6g\right) & \text{M} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • G. Bergman and R. W. Jaross, On the Crystal Structure of the zeta Phase in the Silver–Zinc System and the Mechanism of the beta–zeta Transformation, Acta Cryst. 8, 232–235 (1955), doi:10.1107/S0365110X55000765.

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