Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_oP8_62_c_c-002

This structure originally had the label AB_oP8_62_c_c.MnP. 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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MnP ($B31$) Structure: AB_oP8_62_c_c-002

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Prototype MnP
AFLOW prototype label AB_oP8_62_c_c-002
Strukturbericht designation $B31$
ICSD 76091
Pearson symbol oP8
Space group number 62
Space group symbol $Pnma$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_oP8_62_c_c-002
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{1}, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak z_{2}$

Other compounds with this structure

AsCo,  AsCr,  AsFe,  AsMn,  AsRh,  AsRu,  AsV,  AuGa,  CoP,  CrP,  FeP,  FeS,  GeIr,  GeNi,  GePd,  GePt,  GeRh,  IrSi,  Nb$_{1-x}$S (HT),  NiSi,  PRu,  PW,  PdSi,  PdSn,  PtSi,  RhSb,  RhSi,  SV,  SeTi


  • (Hermann, 1937) assigns the prototype FeAs and the Strukturbericht designation $B14$ to this structure. This was superseded by the similar MnP structure in (Gottfried, 1937, 17-18), where it is designated $B31$. (Parthé, 1993) prefers $B14$.
  • We inadvertainly used the wrong atomic coordinates in the previous version of this structure. These have now been corrected to match the 10K data of (Fjellvag, 1984).
  • FeAs ($B14$), GeS ($B16$), FeB ($B27$), SnS ($B29$), MnP ($B31$), and $\eta$–NiSi ($B_{d}$) all share the same AFLOW label, AB_oP8_62_c_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
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Mn I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $- \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Mn I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Mn I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(z_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c \left(z_{1} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Mn I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) P I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) P I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) P I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(z_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c \left(z_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) P I

References

  • H. Fjellvåg and A. Kjekshus, Magnetic and Structural Properties of Transition Metal Substituted MnP. I. Mn$_{1-t}$Co$_t$P ($0.00<=t<=0.30$)., Acta Chem. Scand. A 38, 563–573 (1984), doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.38a-0563.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB_oP8_62_c_c --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{1},z_{1},x_{2},z_{2}$

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