Mn$_{2}$AlB$_{2}$ Structure: AB2C2_oC10_65_a_g_h-001

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Prototype AlB$_{2}$Mn$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB2C2_oC10_65_a_g_h-001
ICSD 25518
CCDC 1601173
Pearson symbol oC10
Space group number 65
Space group symbol $Cmmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2C2_oC10_65_a_g_h-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

Cr$_{2}$AlB$_{2}$,  Fe$_{2}$AlB$_{2}$


  • (Becher, 1966) give the space group as $C222$ #20, but their Wyckoff positions are obviously from space group $Cmmm$ #65, a result which was confirmed by (Ade, 2015).

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Al I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (4g) B I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (4g) B I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4h) Mn I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4h) Mn I

References

  • H. J. Becher, K. Krogmann, and E. Peisker, Über das ternáre Borid Mn$_{2}$AlB$_{2}$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 344, 140–147 (1966), doi:10.1002/zaac.19663440304.
  • K. Cenzual, L. M. Gelato, M. Penzo, and E. Parthé, Inorganic structure types with revised space groups. I, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B 47, 433–439 (1991), doi:10.1107/S0108768191000903.
  • M. Ade and H. Hillebrecht, Ternary Borides Cr$_{2}$AlB$_{2}$, Cr$_{2}$AlB$_{4}$, and Cr$_{4}$AlB$_{6}$: The First Members of the Series (CrB$_{2}$)$_{n}$CrAl with $n = 1, 2, 3$ and a Unifying Concept for Ternary Borides as MAB-Phases, Inorg. Chem. 54, 6122–6135 (2015), doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00049.

Found in

  • M. Ade and H. Hillebrecht, Ternary Borides Cr$_{2}$AlB$_{2}$, Cr$_{2}$AlB$_{4}$, and Cr$_{4}$AlB$_{6}$: The First Members of the Series (CrB$_{2}$)$_{n}$CrAl with $n = 1, 2, 3$ and a Unifying Concept for Ternary Borides as MAB-Phases, Inorg. Chem. 54, 6122–6135 (2015), doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00049.
  • D. Hicks, C. Toher, D. C. Ford, F. Rose, C. D. Santo, O. Levy, M. J. Mehl, and S. Curtarolo, AFLOW-XtalFinder: a reliable choice to identify crystalline prototypes 7, 30 (2021), doi:10.1038/s41524-020-00483-4.

First cited in

  • H. Eckert, S. Divilov, M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, A. C. Zettel, M. Esters, X. Campilongo, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 4, Comp. Mat. Sci. 240, 112988 (2024). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

Geometry files


Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2C2_oC10_65_a_g_h --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{2},x_{3}$

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