Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_tI8_139_e_e-001

This structure originally had the label AB_tI8_139_e_e. 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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Calomel (Hg$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$, $D3_{1}$) Structure: AB_tI8_139_e_e-001

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Prototype ClHg
AFLOW prototype label AB_tI8_139_e_e-001
Strukturbericht designation $D3_{1}$
Mineral name calomel
ICSD 65441
Pearson symbol tI8
Space group number 139
Space group symbol $I4/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_tI8_139_e_e-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak z_{2}$

Other compounds with this structure

Hg$_{2}$I$_{2}$


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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $c z_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $- z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- c z_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) Hg I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- c z_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) Hg I

References

  • N. J. Calos, C. H. L. Kennard, and R. L. Davis, The structure of calomel, Hg$_{2}$Cl$_{2}$, derived from neutron powder data, Z. Krystallogr. 187, 305–307 (1989), doi:10.1524/zkri.1989.187.14.305.

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=AB_tI8_139_e_e --params=$a,c/a,z_{1},z_{2}$

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