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AFLOW Prototype: AB4C2_hR7_166_a_2c_c-001

This structure originally had the label AB4C2_hR7_166_a_2c_c. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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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)

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CaCu$_{4}$P$_{2}$ Structure: AB4C2_hR7_166_a_2c_c-001

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Prototype CaCu$_{4}$P$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB4C2_hR7_166_a_2c_c-001
ICSD 23251
Pearson symbol hR7
Space group number 166
Space group symbol $R\overline{3}m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB4C2_hR7_166_a_2c_c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}, \allowbreak x_{3}, \allowbreak x_{4}$

Other compounds with this structure

BaAg$_{4}$As$_{2}$,  CaAg$_{4}$As$_{2}$,  EuAg$_{4}$As$_{2}$,  EuAg$_{4}$Sb$_{2}$,  SrAg$_{4}$As$_{2}$,  SrAg$_{4}$Sb$_{2}$,  ZrLi$_{4}$Ge$_{2}$


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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) Ca 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) Cu 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) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Cu II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c x_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Cu II
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) P I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) P I

References

  • A. Mewis, Darstellung und Struktur der Verbindung CaCu$_{4}$P$_{2}$, Z. Naturforsch. B 35, 942–945 (1980), doi:10.1515/znb-1980-0802.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB4C2_hR7_166_a_2c_c --params=$a,c/a,x_{2},x_{3},x_{4}$

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