Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_cP16_205_c_c-001

This structure originally had the label AB_cP16_205_c_c. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)

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SC16 (CuCl) Structure: AB_cP16_205_c_c-001

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Prototype ClCu
AFLOW prototype label AB_cP16_205_c_c-001
ICSD 78271
Pearson symbol cP16
Space group number 205
Space group symbol $Pa\overline{3}$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_cP16_205_c_c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak x_{1}, \allowbreak x_{2}$

Other compounds with this structure

BrCu


  • This is a tetragonally bonded structure which packs more efficiently than diamond.
  • This structure is related to BC8 in the same way that zincblende ($B3$) is related to diamond ($A4$): we replace half of the atoms by another species, such that the four nearest neighbors of each atom are of the other species. See (Crain, 1995) and references therein.
  • The reference compound chosen here, found in (Hull, 1994), is stable at about 5 GPa.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{13}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{14}}$ = $\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{15}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{16}}$ = $- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8c) Cu I

References

  • S. Hull and D. A. Keen, High-pressure polymorphism of the copper(I) halides: A neutron-diffraction study to 10 GPa, Phys. Rev. B 50, 5868–5885 (1994), doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.50.5868.
  • J. Crain, G. J. Ackland, and S. J. Clark, Exotic structures of tetrahedral semiconductors, Rep. Prog. Phys. 58, 705–755 (1995), doi:10.1088/0034-4885/58/7/001.

Prototype Generator

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