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AFLOW Prototype: A6B2C6D_hR15_148_f_c_f_a-001

This structure originally had the label A6B2C6D_hR15_148_f_c_f_a. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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K$_{2}$Sn(OH)$_{6}$ ($H6_{2}$) Structure: A6B2C6D_hR15_148_f_c_f_a-001

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Prototype H$_{6}$K$_{2}$O$_{6}$Sn
AFLOW prototype label A6B2C6D_hR15_148_f_c_f_a-001
Strukturbericht designation $H6_{2}$
ICSD 92465
Pearson symbol hR15
Space group number 148
Space group symbol $R\overline{3}$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A6B2C6D_hR15_148_f_c_f_a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak y_{3}, \allowbreak z_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak y_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}$

Other compounds with this structure

K$_{2}$Pt(OH)$_{6}$,  Na$_{2}$Sn(OH)$_{6}$


  • (Wyckoff, 1928) found the positions of the potassium and tin atoms in this structure. He could not locate the oxygen atoms, and so was unable to give an unequivocal determination of the space group, beyond noting that it was rhombohedral. We use the modern structure of (Jacobs, 2000), which agrees with Wyckoff in the positioning of the potassium and tin atoms and finds both the hydrogen and oxygen locations.
  • (Ewald, 1931) gave this the Strukturbericht designation $H6_{2}$. (Hermann, 1937) began relabeling the $H6$ structures as $I1$, and (Gottfried, 1937) relabeled them as $J1$, but neither they nor successor volumes revisited this structure, so it was never formally relabeled $J1_{2}$. We will therefore leave it as $H6_{2}$.
  • Hexagonal settings for rhombohedral structures can be obtained with the option --hex.

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a_{1}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{2}}&=&\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{3}}&=&- \frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array}\]

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) Sn I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) K I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) K I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{3} - z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{3} - 2 y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) H I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \frac{1}{2}a \left(y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(2 x_{3} - y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) H I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{3} - y_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{3} + y_{3} - 2 z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) H I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{3} - z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{3} - 2 y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) H I
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \left(y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(2 x_{3} - y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) H I
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{3} - y_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{3} + y_{3} - 2 z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) H I
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{4} - z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{4} - 2 y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{4} + y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) O I
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \frac{1}{2}a \left(y_{4} - z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(2 x_{4} - y_{4} - z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{4} + y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) O I
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{4} - y_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{4} + y_{4} - 2 z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{4} + y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) O I
$\mathbf{B_{13}}$ = $- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- \frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{4} - z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{4} - 2 y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{4} + y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) O I
$\mathbf{B_{14}}$ = $- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \left(y_{4} - z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(2 x_{4} - y_{4} - z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{4} + y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) O I
$\mathbf{B_{15}}$ = $- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \left(x_{4} - y_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \left(x_{4} + y_{4} - 2 z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{3}c \left(x_{4} + y_{4} + z_{4}\right) \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (6f) O I

References

  • H. Jacobs and R. Stahl, Neubestimmung der Kristallstrukturen der Hexahydroxometallate Na$_{2}$Sn(OH)$_{6}$, K$_{2}$Sn(OH)$_{6}$ und K$_{2}$Pb(OH)$_{6}$, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 626, 1863–1866 (2000), doi:10.1002/1521-3749(200009)626:9<1863::AID-ZAAC1863>3.0.CO;2-M.
  • R. W. G. Wyckoff, The Crystal Structure of Potassium Hydroxystannate, K$_{2}$Sn(OH)$_{6}$, Am. J. Sci. 15, 297–302 (1928), doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-15.88.297.
  • P. P. Ewald and C. Hermann, eds., Strukturbericht 1913-1928 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1931).
  • C. Hermann, O. Lohrmann, and H. Philipp, eds., Strukturbericht Band II 1928-1932 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1937).
  • C. Gottfried and F. Schossberger, eds., Strukturbericht Band III 1933-1935 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1937).

Found in

  • P. Villars, K2Sn(OH)6 (K2Sn[OH]6) Crystal Structure (2016). PAULING FILE in: Inorganic Solid Phases, SpringerMaterials (online database), Springer, Heidelberg (ed.) Springer Materials.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A6B2C6D_hR15_148_f_c_f_a --params=$a,c/a,x_{2},x_{3},y_{3},z_{3},x_{4},y_{4},z_{4}$

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