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AFLOW Prototype: A4BC3_oI16_71_m_a_bf-001

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Sc$_{3}$CoC$_{4}$ Structure: A4BC3_oI16_71_m_a_bf-001

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Prototype C$_{4}$CoSc$_{3}$
AFLOW prototype label A4BC3_oI16_71_m_a_bf-001
ICSD 236393
Pearson symbol oI16
Space group number 71
Space group symbol $Immm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A4BC3_oI16_71_m_a_bf-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}$

Other compounds with this structure

Sc$_{3}$FeC$_{4}$,  Sc$_{3}$IrC$_{4}$,  Sc$_{3}$NiC$_{4}$,  Sc$_{3}$OsC$_{4}$,  Sc$_{3}$RhC$_{4}$,  Sc$_{3}$RuC$_{4}$


  • This is the high temperature structure of Sc$_{3}$CoC$_{4}$. Below 72K it transforms into the monoclinic Sc$_{3}$RhC$_{4}$ structure. Data for the current structure was taken at 293K.
  • (Vogt, 2005) found that in Sc$_{3}$IrC$_{4}$ and Sc$_{3}$RhC$_{4}$ the transition metal atom is not exactly on the (2a) site, but instead is on the (4i) Wyckoff position (0,0,$\pm$0.04), with each site 50% occupied.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Co I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (2b) Sc I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (4f) Sc II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (4f) Sc II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) C I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{4} - z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) C I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) C I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{4} - z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8m) C I

References

  • G. Eickerling, C. Hauf, E. Scheidt, L. Reichardt, C. Schneider, A. M. {n}oz, S. Lopez‐Moreno, A. H. Romero, F. Porcher, G. André, R. Pöttgen, and W. Scherer, On the Control Parameters of the Quasi‐One Dimensional Superconductivity in Sc$_{3}$CoC$_{4}$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 639, 1985–1995 (2013), doi:10.1002/zaac.201200517.
  • C. Vogt, R.-D. Hoffmann, and R. Pöttgen, The superstructure of Sc$_{3}$RhC$_{4}$ and Sc$_{3}$IrC$_{4}$, Solid State Sci. 7, 1003–1009 (2005), doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2005.04.004.

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