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AFLOW Prototype: AB2_oP12_61_a_c-002

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AgF$_{2}$ Structure: AB2_oP12_61_a_c-002

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Prototype AgF$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB2_oP12_61_a_c-002
ICSD 9922
Pearson symbol oP12
Space group number 61
Space group symbol $Pbca$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2_oP12_61_a_c-002
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak y_{2}, \allowbreak z_{2}$

  • This is a distortion of the fluorite ($C1$) structure. We can recover that structure when $a = b = c$ and $x_{2} = y_{2} = z_{2} = 1/2$.
  • $\beta$–HgO$_{2}$, AgF$_{2}$, and PdSe$_{2}$ have the same AFLOW prototype label, AB2_oP12_61_a_c. The structures are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (--params) specified in their corresponding CIF files.

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

Basis vectors

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

References

  • P. Fischer, D. Schwarzenbach, and H. M. Rietveld, Crystal and magnetic structure of silver difluoride: I. Determination of the AgF$_{2}$ structure, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 32, 543–550 (1971), doi:10.1016/0022-3697(71)90003-5.

Found in

  • P. Fischer, G. Roult, and D. Schwarzenbach, Crystal and magnetic structure of silver difluoride-II. Weak 4d-ferromagnetism of AgF$_{2}$, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 32, 1641–1647 (1971), doi:10.1016/S0022-3697(71)80057-4.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2_oP12_61_a_c --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{2},y_{2},z_{2}$

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