Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB2_cI36_199_b_c

  • 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)

$C26_{a}$ (NO2) (obsolete) Structure : AB2_cI36_199_b_c

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Prototype : NO2
AFLOW prototype label : AB2_cI36_199_b_c
Strukturbericht designation : $C26_{a}$
Pearson symbol : cI36
Space group number : 199
Space group symbol : $I2_{1}3$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB2_cI36_199_b_c
--params=
$a$,$x_{1}$,$x_{2}$,$y_{2}$,$z_{2}$


  • (Hermann, 1937) listed two possible structures for the low temperature solid cubic phase of NO2, which were given Strukturbericht designations $C26_{a}$ and $C26_{b}$, the only structures with Roman subscripts in the original series.
  • $C26_{a}$ (AB2_cI36_199_b_c) was set in space group $I2_{1}3$ #199. Hermann noted that this structure has a very short distance (1.88 Å) between oxygen atoms on different NO2 molecules, and that this structure does not form the (NO2)2 aggregate molecule found in the $C26_{b}$ structure, making making this proposed structure very unlikely.
  • Recognizing this, (Hendricks, 1931) suggested that NO2 was actually in space group $I23$ #197. (Hermann, 1997) gave this structure the $C26_{b}$ designation, but noted that based on Hendricks's atomic positions the space group was actually $Im\overline{3}$ #204.
  • The modern accepted structure for NO2 (AB2_cI36_204_d_g) is set in space group $Im\overline{3}$ #204, confirming Hendricks. We follow (Villars, 2005) and give this the $C26$ designation.

Body-centered Cubic primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & - \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & ~ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & ~ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & \frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{4} +x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(12b\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{4} - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(12b\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{4} +x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(12b\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{4} - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(12b\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4} +x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(12b\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4} - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(12b\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & \left(y_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{2}+y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2} + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & \left(y_{2}-z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{2}-y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & \left(x_{2}+y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(y_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2} + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(y_{2}-z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = & \left(x_{2}-y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & = & \left(x_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{2}+y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(y_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & = & \left(-x_{2}+z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2} + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-y_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{17} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2} + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(y_{2}-z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-z_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{18} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{2}-y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{2} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(24c\right) & \text{O} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • L. Vegard, Die Struktur von festem N2O4 bei der Temperatur von flüssiger Luft, Z. Phys. 68, 184–203 (1931), doi:10.1007/BF01390966.
  • P. Villars and K. Cenzual, eds., Crystal Structure Data of Inorganic Compounds (Springer–Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005). Landolt–Bornstein Volume III 43A2.

Found in

  • C. Hermann, O. Lohrmann, and H. Philipp, eds., Strukturbericht Band II 1928–1932 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1937).

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