LiAgC$_{2}$ Structure: AB2C_hP4_187_a_g_d-001

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Prototype AgC$_{2}$Li
AFLOW prototype label AB2C_hP4_187_a_g_d-001
ICSD 410868
CCDC 1726615
Pearson symbol hP4
Space group number 187
Space group symbol $P\overline{6}m2$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2C_hP4_187_a_g_d-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

CsAgC$_{2}$,  KAgC$_{2}$,  NaAgC$_{2}$,  RbAgC$_{2}$


  • We do not use the lattice constants listed in Table 1 for (Kockelmann, 1999). Instead we follow the ICSD and infer the lattice constants and $z_{3}$ from the distances given in Figure 1.
  • LiAgC$_{2}$ and InTaS$_{2}$ have the same AFLOW label, AB2C_hP4_187_a_g_d. They are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (--params) specified in their corresponding CIF files.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) Ag I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (1d) Li I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2g) C I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2g) C I

References

Found in

  • AFLOW Database}, \href{https://aflow.org}{https://aflow.org}. LiAgC$_{2$, ICSD entry 410868.

First cited in

  • N. Anderson, M. J. Mehl, H. Eckert, S. Divilov, X. Campilongo, S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 5. Submitted to Computational Materials Science (2026).

Geometry files


Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2C_hP4_187_a_g_d --params=$a,c/a,z_{3}$

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