Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB6_tI28_140_a_hk

  • 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)

U6Mn ($D2_{c}$) Structure : AB6_tI28_140_a_hk

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Prototype : MnU6
AFLOW prototype label : AB6_tI28_140_a_hk
Strukturbericht designation : $D2_{c}$
Pearson symbol : tI28
Space group number : 140
Space group symbol : $I4/mcm$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB6_tI28_140_a_hk
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{2}$,$x_{3}$,$y_{3}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • U6Co, U6Fe, and U6Ni


Body-centered Tetragonal primitive vectors:

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

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} + \frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Mn} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{3}{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Mn} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +2x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - 2x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2}-x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & -x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(8h\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}+y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & -y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}-y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}-y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & -x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}-y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}+y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}-y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16k\right) & \text{U II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • N. C. Baenziger, R. E. Rundle, A. I. Snow, and A. S. Wilson, Compounds of uranium with the transition metals of the first long period, Acta Cryst. 3, 34–40 (1950), doi:10.1107/S0365110X50000082.

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