Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB2_oP6_58_a_g-001

This structure originally had the label AB2_oP6_58_a_g.CaCl2. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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Hydrophilite (CaCl$_{2}$, $C35$) Structure: AB2_oP6_58_a_g-001

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Prototype CaCl$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB2_oP6_58_a_g-001
Strukturbericht designation $C35$
Mineral name hydrophilite
ICSD 26686
Pearson symbol oP6
Space group number 58
Space group symbol $Pnnm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2_oP6_58_a_g-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak y_{2}$

Other compounds with this structure

Co$_{2}$C,  Co$_{2}$N



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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Ca I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2a) Ca I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (4g) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (4g) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(y_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b \left(y_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4g) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(y_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b \left(y_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4g) Cl I

References

  • A. van Bever and W. Nieuwenkamp, Die Kristallstruktur von Calciumchlorid, CaCl$_2$, Z. Kristallogr. 90, 374–376 (1935), doi:10.1524/zkri.1935.90.1.374.

Found in

  • R. T. Downs and M. Hall-Wallace, The American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database, Am. Mineral. 88, 247–250 (2003).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2_oP6_58_a_g --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{2},y_{2}$

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