Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A6B_cP7_221_f_a

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • D. Hicks, M.J. Mehl, M. Esters, C. Oses, O. Levy, G.L.W. Hart, C. Toher, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3, Comp. Mat. Sci. 199, 110450 (2021). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

CaB6 ($D2_{1}$) Structure: A6B_cP7_221_f_a

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Prototype : CaB6
AFLOW prototype label : A6B_cP7_221_f_a
Strukturbericht designation : $D2_{1}$
Pearson symbol : cP7
Space group number : 221
Space group symbol : $\text{Pm}\bar{3}\text{m}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A6B_cP7_221_f_a
--params=
$a$,$x_{2}$


Simple Cubic primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = &0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = &0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{Ca} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = &x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6f\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = &- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6f\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6f\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6f\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6f\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6f\right) & \text{B} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • Z. Yahia, S. Turrell, G. Turrell, and J. P. Mercurio, Infrared and Raman spectra of hexaborides: force–field calculations, and isotopic effects, J. Mol. Struct. 224, 303–312 (1990), doi:10.1016/0022-2860(90)87025-S.

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