Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i-002

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Gd$_{2}$Cl$_{3}$ Structure: A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i-002

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Prototype Cl$_{3}$Gd$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i-002
ICSD 9580
Pearson symbol mC20
Space group number 12
Space group symbol $C2/m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i-002
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak \beta, \allowbreak x_{1}, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak z_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak z_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}, \allowbreak x_{5}, \allowbreak z_{5}$

Other compounds with this structure

Gd$_{2}$Br$_{3}$,  Tb$_{2}$Cl$_{3}$,  Y$_{2}$Cl$_{3}$


  • There are numerous structures with the AFLOW prototype label A2B3_mC20_12_2i_3i or A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i. They are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (--params) specified in their corresponding CIF files.
  • We have identified the following structures as sufficiently different to warrant their own prototypes:
  • Prototypes with the label A2B3_mC20_12_2i_3i:
  • Prototypes with the label A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i:

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{1} + c z_{1} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{1} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{1} + c z_{1} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{1} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{2} + c z_{2} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{2} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cl II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{2} + c z_{2} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{2} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cl II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{3} + c z_{3} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{3} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cl III
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{3} + c z_{3} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{3} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Cl III
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{4} + c z_{4} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{4} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Gd I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{4} + c z_{4} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{4} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Gd I
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\left(a x_{5} + c z_{5} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{5} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Gd II
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \left(a x_{5} + c z_{5} \cos{\beta}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{5} \sin{\beta} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Gd II

References

  • A. Simon, N. Holzer, and H. Mattausch, Metallreiche Verbindungen der Seltenen Erden Gd$_{2}$Cl$_{3}$, Gd$_{2}$Br$_{3}$ und Tb$_{2}$Cl$_{3}$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 456, 207–216 (1979), doi:10.1002/zaac.19794560122.

Found in

  • D. Zagorac, H. Müller, S. Ruehl, J. Zagorac, and S. Rehme, Recent developments in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database: theoretical crystal structure data and related features, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 52, 918–925 (2019), doi:10.1107/S160057671900997X. ICSD-9580 (ICSD release 2023.1).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A3B2_mC20_12_3i_2i --params=$a,b/a,c/a,\beta,x_{1},z_{1},x_{2},z_{2},x_{3},z_{3},x_{4},z_{4},x_{5},z_{5}$

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