Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c-001

This structure originally had the label ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

If you are using this page, please cite:
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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SmSI Structure: ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c-001

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Prototype ISSm
AFLOW prototype label ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c-001
ICSD 59202
Pearson symbol hR6
Space group number 166
Space group symbol $R\overline{3}m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{1}, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

$\beta$-CeSi,  DySI,  GdSI,  HfNBr,  HfNCl,  HfNI,  NdSI,  PrSI,  TbSI,  ZrNBr,  ZrNCl,  ZrNI


  • The published version of this page (Hicks, 2019) has incorrect lattice constants. We have corrected this here.
  • Although this has the same crystallographic structure as the $C12$ structure, the layering is substantially different.
  • SmSI and YOF have the same AFLOW prototype label, ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c. They are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (--params) specified in their corresponding CIF files.
  • Hexagonal settings of this structure can be obtained with the option --hex.

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a_{1}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{2}}&=&\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{3}}&=&- \frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array}\]

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) I I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) I I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) S I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) S I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Sm I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Sm I

References

  • H. P. Beck and C. Strobel, Zur Hochdruckpolymorphie der Seltenerdsulfidiodide LnSI, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 535, 222–239 (1986), doi:10.1002/zaac.19865350427.
  • D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comput. Mater. Sci. 161, S1–S1011 (2019), doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043.

Found in

  • A. M. Fogg, J. S. O. Evens, and D. O'Hare, Crystal structure of $\beta$-MNX (M = Zr, Hf; X = Cl, Br), Chem. Comm. 0, 2269–2270 (1998), doi:10.1039/A806415F.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=ABC_hR6_166_c_c_c --params=$a,c/a,x_{1},x_{2},x_{3}$

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