Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB3C4_hP16_194_c_af_ef

  • 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)

AlN3Ti4 Structure: AB3C4_hP16_194_c_af_ef

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Prototype : AlN3Ti4
AFLOW prototype label : AB3C4_hP16_194_c_af_ef
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : hP16
Space group number : 194
Space group symbol : $\text{P6}_{3}\text{/mmc}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB3C4_hP16_194_c_af_ef
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$z_3$,$z_4$,$z_5$


  • This is a so-called MAX phase. For more information, see (Radovic, 2013).

Hexagonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B_1} & = & 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(2a\right) & \text{N I} \\ \mathbf{B_2} & = & \frac12 \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{N I} \\ \mathbf{B_3} & =& \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac14 \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B_4} & =& \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac34 \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B_5} & =& z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4e\right) & \text{Ti I} \\ \mathbf{B_6} & =& \left(\frac12 + z_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + z_3\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4e\right) & \text{Ti I} \\ \mathbf{B_7} & =& - z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - z_3 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4e\right) & \text{Ti I} \\ \mathbf{B_8} & =& \left(\frac12 - z_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - z_3\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4e\right) & \text{Ti I} \\ \mathbf{B_9} & =& \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_4 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =& \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_4\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_4\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & =& \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_4 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & =& \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 - z_4\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_4\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N II} \\ \mathbf{B_13} & =& \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_5 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_5 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{Ti II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & =& \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_5\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_5\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{Ti II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & =& \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_5 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_5 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{Ti II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & =& \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 - z_5\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_5\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{Ti II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • M. W. Barsoum, C. J. Rawn, T. El–Raghy, A. T. Procopio, W. D. Porter, H. Wang, and C. R. Hubbard, Thermal Properties of Ti4AlN3, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 8407–8414 (2000), doi:10.1063/1.373555.
  • M. Radovic and M. W. Barsoum, MAX phases: Bridging the gap between metals and ceramics, American Ceramic Society Bulletin 92, 20–27 (2013).

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