Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij-001

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Cr$_{7}$Se$_{8}$ Structure: A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij-001

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Prototype Cr$_{7}$Se$_{8}$
AFLOW prototype label A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij-001
ICSD 26977
Pearson symbol mC30
Space group number 12
Space group symbol $C2/m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak \beta, \allowbreak y_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}, \allowbreak x_{5}, \allowbreak z_{5}, \allowbreak x_{6}, \allowbreak z_{6}, \allowbreak x_{7}, \allowbreak y_{7}, \allowbreak z_{7}$

Other compounds with this structure

Co$_{7}$Se$_{8}$,  Cr$_{7}$S$_{8}$,  Cr$_{7}$Te$_{8}$


  • (Chevreton, 1961) present this structure in setting $F2/m$ of space group #12. We used FINDSYM to put it in the standard $C2/m$ setting. This reduced the volume of the conventional unit cell to half of that given in the original reference.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Cr I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (4e) Cr II
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}$ = $\frac{1}{4}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (4e) Cr II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \cos{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4h) Cr III
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \cos{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4h) Cr III
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{4} + c z_{4} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{4} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cr IV
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{4} + c z_{4} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{4} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cr IV
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{5} + c z_{5} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{5} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{5} + c z_{5} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{5} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Se I
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{6} + c z_{6} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{6} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Se II
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{6} + c z_{6} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{6} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Se II
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $\left(x_{7} - y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{7} + y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{7} + c z_{7} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{7} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8j) Se III
$\mathbf{B_{13}}$ = $- \left(x_{7} + y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{7} - y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{7} + c z_{7} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{7} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8j) Se III
$\mathbf{B_{14}}$ = $- \left(x_{7} - y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- \left(x_{7} + y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{7} + c z_{7} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{7} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8j) Se III
$\mathbf{B_{15}}$ = $\left(x_{7} + y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{7} - y_{7}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{7} + c z_{7} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{7} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (8j) Se III

References

  • M. Chevreton and F. Bertaut, Étude de séléniures de chrome, Compt. Rend. 253, 145–148 (1961).

Found in

  • R. T. Downs and M. Hall-Wallace, The American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database, Am. Mineral. 88, 247–250 (2003).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A7B8_mC30_12_aehi_2ij --params=$a,b/a,c/a,\beta,y_{3},x_{4},z_{4},x_{5},z_{5},x_{6},z_{6},x_{7},y_{7},z_{7}$

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