Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_hP4_194_c_d-001

This structure originally had the label AB_hP4_194_c_d. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)

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BN ($B_{k}$) Structure: AB_hP4_194_c_d-001

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Prototype BN
AFLOW prototype label AB_hP4_194_c_d-001
Strukturbericht designation $B_{k}$
ICSD 24644
Pearson symbol hP4
Space group number 194
Space group symbol $P6_3/mmc$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_hP4_194_c_d-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a$

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  • This is the corrected boron nitride structure found by (Pease, 1950) and (Pease, 1952). See further discussion on the $B12$ page.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) B I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) B I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2d) N I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2d) N I

References

  • R. S. Pease, Crystal Structure of Boron Nitride}, Nature 165, 722–723 (1950), doi:10.1038/165722b0.
  • \bibitem{Pease_Acta_Cryst_5_356_1952.bibR. S. Pease, An X-ray study of boron nitride}, Acta Cryst. 5, 356–361 (1952), doi:10.1107/S0365110X52001064.\bibAnnoteFile{Pease_Acta_Cryst_5_356_1952.bib

Found in

  • R. G. W. Wyckoff, Crystal Structure, vol. 1 (Interscience, New York, London, Sydney, 1963).

Prototype Generator

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