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AFLOW Prototype: AB_tI16_140_ab_h-001

This structure originally had the label AB_tI16_140_ab_h. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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β-SeTl ($B37$) Structure: AB_tI16_140_ab_h-001

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Prototype SeTl
AFLOW prototype label AB_tI16_140_ab_h-001
Strukturbericht designation $B37$
ICSD 30219
Pearson symbol tI16
Space group number 140
Space group symbol $I4/mcm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_tI16_140_ab_h-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

InTe,  STl,  AlKTe$_{2}$,  AlNaSe$_{2}$,  AlNaTe$_{2}$,  GaNaTe$_{2}$,  GaTe$_{2}$Tl,  InKTe$_{2}$,  InNaTe$_{2}$,  InS$_{2}$Te


  • When $c=a$ and $x=1/4$ the atoms are at the positions of the body-centered cubic (A2) lattice.
  • (Okamoto, 2011) identifies this as $\beta$–SeTl, stable from 188$^\circ$C to the melting point at approximately 350$^\circ$C. No crystallographic information on the ground-state $\alpha$ phase has been found.
  • The lattice constants presented here are from (Yadav, 1976), while the atomic positions and the ICSD entry are from (Ketelaar, 1939).

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4b) Se II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4b) Se II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(2 x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Tl I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(2 x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Tl I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Tl I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Tl I

References

  • J. A. A. Ketelaar, W. H. t'Hart, M. Moerel, and D. Polder, The Crystal Structure of TlSe, Thallous Thallic or Thallosic Selenide, Z. Krystallogr. 101, 396–406 (1939), doi:10.1524/zkri.1939.101.1.396.
  • R. Yadav, R. P. Ram, and S. Bhan, On the Thallium-Selenium-Tellurium System, Z. Metallkd. 67, 173–177 (1976), doi:10.1515/ijmr-1976-670308.
  • H. Okamoto, Se-Tl (Selenium-Thallium), J. Phase Eq. Diff. 32, 570–571 (2011), doi:10.1007/s11669-011-9954-2.

Found in

  • P. Villars, TlSe Crystal Structure (2016). PAULING FILE in: Inorganic Solid Phases, SpringerMaterials (online database), Springer, Heidelberg (ed.) SpringerMaterials.

Prototype Generator

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