Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A8B_tI18_139_hi_a-001

This structure originally had the label A8B_tI18_139_hi_a. 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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Pt$_{8}$Ti Structure: A8B_tI18_139_hi_a-001

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Prototype Pt$_{8}$Ti
AFLOW prototype label A8B_tI18_139_hi_a-001
ICSD 105818
Pearson symbol tI18
Space group number 139
Space group symbol $I4/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A8B_tI18_139_hi_a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

Ni$_{8}$Mo,  Ni$_{8}$Nb,  Ni$_{8}$Ta,  Ni$_{8}$V,  Pd$_{8}$Mo,  Pd$_{8}$V,  Pd$_{8}$W,  Pt$_{8}$Ce,  Pt$_{8}$Ti,  Pt$_{8}$V,  Pt$_{8}$Zr


  • When $a=3/(\sqrt{2})a_{fcc}$, $c=a_{fcc}$, $x_{2}=1/3$, and $x_{3}=1/3$ the atoms are on the sites of the fcc lattice. Compare this structure to the very similar V$_{4}$Zn$_{5}$.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Ti I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+2 x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Pt I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- 2 x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Pt I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Pt I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8h) Pt I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (8i) Pt II
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (8i) Pt II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8i) Pt II
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (8i) Pt II

References

  • P. Pietrokowsky, Novel Ordered Phase, Pt$_8$Ti, Nature 206, 291 (1965), doi:10.1038/206291a0.
  • R. H. Taylor, S. Curtarolo, and G. L. W. Hart, Predictions of the Pt$_{8}$Ti Phase in Unexpected Systems, Journal of the American Chemical Society 132, 6851–6854 (2010), doi:10.1021/ja101890k.

Found in

  • P. Villars and L. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1991), 2nd edn.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A8B_tI18_139_hi_a --params=$a,c/a,x_{2},x_{3}$

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