Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB3_cF16_225_a_bc-001

This structure originally had the label AB3_cF16_225_a_bc. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

If you are using this page, please cite:
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)

Links to this page

https://aflow.org/p/KFY2
or https://aflow.org/p/AB3_cF16_225_a_bc-001
or PDF Version

BiF$_{3}$ ($D0_{3}$) Structure: AB3_cF16_225_a_bc-001

Picture of Structure; Click for Big Picture
Prototype BiF$_{3}$
AFLOW prototype label AB3_cF16_225_a_bc-001
Strukturbericht designation $D0_{3}$
ICSD 25567
Pearson symbol cF16
Space group number 225
Space group symbol $Fm\overline{3}m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB3_cF16_225_a_bc-001
--params=$a$

Other compounds with this structure

AlFe$_{3}$,  BiFe$_{3}$,  $\beta$-BiK$_{3}$ (HT),  BiLi$_{3}$,  CeCd$_{3}$,  ErH$_{3}$,  GdH$_{3}$,  GeMg$_{3}$,  HoH$_{3}$,  HgLi$_{3}$,  LaH$_{3}$,  LaMg$_{3}$,  LuH$_{3}$,  NdCd$_{3}$,  PbLi$_{3}$,  PrCd$_{3}$,  $\beta$-SbCu$_{3}$ (HT),  SbLi$_{3}$,  SbNi$_{3}$ (HT),  SiFe$_{3}$,  SiMg$_{3}$,  SmCd$_{3}$,  SmMg$_{3}$,  $\gamma$-SnCu$_{3}$ (HT),  SnNi$_{3}$ (HT)


  • (Villars, 1991) corrects (Hund, 1949), changing the positions of one third of the fluorine atoms so that the space group becomes $Fm\overline{3}m$ #225, as is accepted for $D0_{3}$, and in agreement with (Hassel, 1929). This structure is crystallographically equivalent to the Heusler ($L2_{1}$) structure and a derivative of the quaternary-Heusler, LiMgAuSn.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (4a) Bi I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4b) F I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) F II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) F II

References

  • O. Hassel and S. Nilssen, Der Kristallbau des BiF$_3$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 181, 172–176 (1929), doi:10.1002/zaac.19291810117.
  • F. Hund and R. Fricke, Der Kristallbau von α-BiF$_3$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 258, 198–204 (1949), doi:10.1002/zaac.19492580310.

Found in

  • P. Villars and L. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1991), 2nd edn.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB3_cF16_225_a_bc --params=$a$

Species:

Running:

Output: