Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB4C_tP6_123_b_eg_c-001

This structure originally had the label AB4C_tP6_123_d_eh_a. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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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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TlAlF$_{4}$ ($H0_{8}$) Structure: AB4C_tP6_123_b_eg_c-001

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Prototype AlF$_{4}$Tl
AFLOW prototype label AB4C_tP6_123_b_eg_c-001
Strukturbericht designation $H0_{8}$
ICSD 25615
Pearson symbol tP6
Space group number 123
Space group symbol $P4/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB4C_tP6_123_b_eg_c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{4}$

Other compounds with this structure

$\beta$-RbFeF$_{4}$,  CsFeF$_{4}$,  KAlF$_{4}$,  RbAlF$_{4}$


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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (1b) Al I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (1c) Tl I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2e) F I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2e) F I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2g) F II
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2g) F II

References

  • C. Brosset, Herstellung und Kristallbau der Verbindungen TlAlF$_{4}$ und Tl$_{2}$AlF$_{5}$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 235, 139–147 (1937), doi:10.1002/zaac.19372350119.

Found in

  • A. Pabst, A Structural Classification of Fluoaluminates, Am. Mineral. 35, 149–165 (1950).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB4C_tP6_123_b_eg_c --params=$a,c/a,z_{4}$

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