Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB3_mC16_9_a_3a-001

This structure originally had the label AB3_mC16_9_a_3a. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)

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H$_{3}$Cl (20 GPa) Structure: AB3_mC16_9_a_3a-001

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Prototype ClH$_{3}$
AFLOW prototype label AB3_mC16_9_a_3a-001
ICSD 671645
Pearson symbol mC16
Space group number 9
Space group symbol $Cc$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB3_mC16_9_a_3a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak \beta, \allowbreak x_{1}, \allowbreak y_{1}, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak y_{2}, \allowbreak z_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak y_{3}, \allowbreak z_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak y_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}$

  • This structure was found via first-principles calculations. The data presented here was computed at a pressure of 20 GPa.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $\left(x_{1} - y_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{1} + y_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{1} + c z_{1} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{1} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\left(x_{1} + y_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{1} - y_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{1} + c \left(z_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{1} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\left(x_{2} - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{2} + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{2} + c z_{2} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{2} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) H I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\left(x_{2} + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{2} - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{2} + c \left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{2} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) H I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $\left(x_{3} - y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{3} + y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{3} + c z_{3} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{3} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) H II
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $\left(x_{3} + y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{3} - y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{3} + c \left(z_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{3} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) H II
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $\left(x_{4} - y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{4} + y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{4} + c z_{4} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{4} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) H III
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $\left(x_{4} + y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\left(x_{4} - y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\left(z_{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{4} + c \left(z_{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c \left(z_{4} + \frac{1}{2}\right) \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4a) H III

References

  • D. Duan, X. Huang, F. Tian, Y. Liu, D. Li, H. Yu, B. Liu, W. Tian, and T. Cui, Predicted Formation of H$_{3}^{+}$ in Solid Halogen Polyhydrides at High Pressures, J. Phys. Chem. A 119, 11059–11065 (2015), doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08183.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB3_mC16_9_a_3a --params=$a,b/a,c/a,\beta,x_{1},y_{1},z_{1},x_{2},y_{2},z_{2},x_{3},y_{3},z_{3},x_{4},y_{4},z_{4}$

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