Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B_oP12_62_2c_c-010

This structure originally had the label A2B_oP12_62_2c_c.SrBr2. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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D. Hicks, M.J. Mehl, M. Esters, C. Oses, O. Levy, G.L.W. Hart, C. Toher, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3, Comp. Mat. Sci. 199, 110450 (2021). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

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$C53$ (SrBr$_{2}$) Structure (Obsolete): A2B_oP12_62_2c_c-010

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Prototype Br$_{2}$Sr
AFLOW prototype label A2B_oP12_62_2c_c-010
Strukturbericht designation $C53$
ICSD 15972
Pearson symbol oP12
Space group number 62
Space group symbol $Pnma$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A2B_oP12_62_2c_c-010
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{1}, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak z_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak z_{3}$

  • (Kamermans, 1939) determined that SrBr$_{2}$ had a distorted PbCl$_{2}$ structure and assigned it to space group $Pnma$ #62. (Hermann, 1939) gave this the Strukturbericht designation $C53$.
  • Some years later (Sass, 1963) showed that this structure was incorrect, and that $\alpha$–SrBr$_{2}$ was actually in space group $P4/n$ #85, rendering the $C53$ symbol obsolete. We include it here for historical interest.
  • (Kamermans, 1939) gave the atomic positions in terms of the $Pbnm$ setting of space group #62. We have used FINDSYM to translate this to the standard $Pnma$ setting.
  • PbCl$_{2}$ ($C23$), HgCl$_{2}$ ($C25$), SrH$_{2}$ ($C29$), Co$_{2}$Si ($C37$), and SrBr$_{2}$ ($C53$) all share the same AFLOW label, A2B_oP12_62_2c_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) Br 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) Br 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) Br 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) Br 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) Br II
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Br II
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Br II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $\left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(z_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c \left(z_{2} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Br II
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Sr I
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $- \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a \left(x_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Sr I
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{3}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Sr I
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $\left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- \left(z_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a \left(x_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c \left(z_{3} - \frac{1}{2}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Sr I

References

  • M. A. Kamermans, The Crystal Structure of SrBr$_{2}$, Z. Kristallogr. 101, 406–411 (1939), doi:10.1524/zkri.1939.101.1.406.
  • R. L. Sass, T. Brackett, and E. Brackett, The Crystal Structure Of Strontium Bromide, J. Phys. Chem. 67, 2862–2863 (1963), doi:10.1021/j100806a516.

Found in

  • K. Herrmann, ed., Strukturbericht Band VII 1939 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1943).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A2B_oP12_62_2c_c --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{1},z_{1},x_{2},z_{2},x_{3},z_{3}$

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