Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_cP2_221_a_b-002

This structure originally had the label AB_cP2_221_b_a. 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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CsCl ($B2$) Structure: AB_cP2_221_a_b-002

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Prototype ClCs
AFLOW prototype label AB_cP2_221_a_b-002
Strukturbericht designation $B2$
ICSD 622367
Pearson symbol cP2
Space group number 221
Space group symbol $Pm\overline{3}m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_cP2_221_a_b-002
--params=$a$

Other compounds with this structure

AgCd,  AgCe,  AgDy,  AgGd,  AgHo,  AgLa,  AgLi,  AgLu,  AgMg,  AgNd,  AgSc,  AgSm,  AgTb,  AgTm,  AgZn,  AlCe,  AlCo,  AlDy,  AlFe,  AlIr,  AlLu,  AlMg,  AlNd,  AlNi,  AlOs,  AlPd (H.T.),  AlRe,  AlRh,  AlRu,  AuCd,  AuCs,  AuDy,  AuGd,  AuHRb,  AuHo,  AuLa,  AuLi,  AuLu,  AuMg,  AuMn (H.T.),  AuNd,  AuPr,  AuSc,  AuSm,  AuTb,  AuTi (H.T.),  AuTm,  AuY,  AuZn,  BaCd,  BaHg,  BeNi,  BePd,  BiTl,  CaCd,  CaHg,  CaIn,  CaTl,  CdCe,  CdGd,  CdLa,  CdPr,  CdSc,  CdSm,  CdSr,  CdY,  CeHg,  CeMg,  CeZn,  CoFe,  CoGa,  CoHf,  CoSc,  CoTi,  CoZr,  CuDy,  CuEr,  CuGd,  CuSc,  CuSm,  CuTb,  CuTm,  CuY,  DyIn,  DyMg,  DyTl,  DyZn,  ErMg,  ErZn,  FeRh,  FeTi,  FeV,  GaIr,  GaNi,  GaRu,  GdHg,  GdIn,  GdMg,  GdRh,  GdTl,  GdZn,  HfRu,  HfTc,  HgLa,  HgLi,  HgMg,  HgMn,  HgPr,  HgSc,  HgSr,  HgY,  HoIr,  HoMg,  HoRh,  HoZn,  InNi,  InPd,  IrMn,  IrSc,  IrTm,  LuMg,  LuPd,  LuRh,  MgNd,  MgPd,  MgPr,  MgRh,  MgSm,  MgTb,  MgTm,  MgV,  NdTl,  NdZn,  NiSc,  NiTi,  NiZn (H.T.),  OsTl,  OsV,  OsZr,  PdSc,  PdSm,  PdZn,  PtSc,  PuRu,  ReTi,  RhSc,  RhSi,  RhSm,  RhTb,  RhTi,  RhTm,  RhZr,  ScZn,  SmZn,  SrTl,  TaTc,  TbZn,  TcTi,  TcV,  TeTh,  TiZn,  TlY,  TmZn,  YZn


  • The atoms are on the sites of a body-centered cubic lattice.
  • We extrapolated the lattice constants of (Ganesan, 1986) to 0K. The ICSD entry uses their lattice constant at 298K.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (1b) Cs I

References

  • V. Ganesan and K. S. Girirajan, Lattice parameter and thermal expansion of CsCl and CsBr by x-ray powder diffraction. I. Thermal expansion of CsCl from room temperature to 90$^{\circ}$ K, Paramana – Journal of Physics 27, 469–474 (1986), doi:10.1007/BF02846872.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB_cP2_221_a_b --params=$a$

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