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AFLOW Prototype: AB_oC8_63_c_c-001

This structure originally had the label AB_oC8_63_c_c. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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CrB ($B33$) Structure: AB_oC8_63_c_c-001

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Prototype BCr
AFLOW prototype label AB_oC8_63_c_c-001
Strukturbericht designation $B33$
ICSD 44250
Pearson symbol oC8
Space group number 63
Space group symbol $Cmcm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_oC8_63_c_c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak y_{1}, \allowbreak y_{2}$

Other compounds with this structure

AgCa,  AlHf,  AlTh,  AlY,  AlZr,  AuGd,  BNb,  BNi,  BTa,  BV,  BaPb,  CaGe,  CaSi,  CaSn,  CeNi,  CePt,  CeRh,  CoTh,  DyGa,  DyGe,  ErNi,  GaGd,  GaPr,  GdGe,  GeHo,  GeNi,  GePr,  HfNi,  HfPt,  HoNi,  ITl,  IrTh,  LaNi,  LaPt,  LaRh,  LuNi,  NdNi,  NdRh,  NiPr,  NiPu,  NiSm,  NiTb,  NiTm,  NiZr,  PrRh,  PtTh,  PtZr,  RhTh,  RuTh,  SiSr,  SiY,  (Ge,  Si)Ho


  • (Gottfried, 1938) originally gave the $B33$ Strukturbericht designation to thallium iodide, TiI. Later, (Smithells, 1955) gave CrB structure the new designation $B_{f}$. These structures are identical, and we follow (Parthé, 1993) in using $B33$ to designate both structures.
  • Removing either the Cr or B atoms transforms this into the $\alpha$–U (A20) structure.
  • $\beta$–SnS and CrB ($B33$) have the same AFLOW label, AB_oC8_63_c_c. The structures are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (--params) specified in their corresponding CIF files.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $- y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) B I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) B I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Cr I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Cr I

References

  • S. Okada, T. Atoda, and I. Higashi, Structural investigation of Cr$_{2}$B$_{3}$, Cr$_{3}$B$_{4}$, and CrB by single-crystal diffractometry, J. Solid State Chem. 68, 61–67 (1987), doi:10.1016/0022-4596(87)90285-4.
  • C. Gottfried, ed., Strukturbericht Band IV 1936 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1938).
  • C. J. Smithells, Metals Reference Book (Butterworths Scientific, London, 1955), second edn.
  • E. Parthé, L. Gelato, B. Chabot, M. Penso, K. Cenzula, and R. Gladyshevskii, Standardized Data and Crystal Chemical Characterization of Inorganic Structure Types, Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 2 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1993), 8 edn., doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02909-1_3.

Found in

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

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB_oC8_63_c_c --params=$a,b/a,c/a,y_{1},y_{2}$

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