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AFLOW Prototype: A3B_tI24_119_a2i_bf-001

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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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RbGa$_{3}$ Structure: A3B_tI24_119_a2i_bf-001

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Prototype Ga$_{3}$Rb
AFLOW prototype label A3B_tI24_119_a2i_bf-001
ICSD 103943
Pearson symbol tI24
Space group number 119
Space group symbol $I\overline{4}m2$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A3B_tI24_119_a2i_bf-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}, \allowbreak x_{5}, \allowbreak z_{5}$

Other compounds with this structure

CsGa$_{3}$,  KGa$_{3}$


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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Ga I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2b) Rb I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\left(z_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4f) Rb II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(z_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4f) Rb II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga II
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{4} - z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga II
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- \left(x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $\left(x_{4} - z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga II
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{5} + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga III
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{5} - z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga III
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- \left(x_{5} + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga III
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $\left(x_{5} - z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8i) Ga III

References

  • R. G. Ling and C. Berlin, Preparation and Crystal Structure Determination of the New Intermetallic Compound RbGa$_{3}$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 480, 181–185 (1981), doi:10.1002/zaac.19814800923.

Found in

  • P. Villars and L. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (ASM International, Materials Park, OK, 1991), vol. III, chap. , p. 3545.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A3B_tI24_119_a2i_bf --params=$a,c/a,z_{3},x_{4},z_{4},x_{5},z_{5}$

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