Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB3_oP16_18_ab_3c

  • 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)

BaS3 Structure: AB3_oP16_18_ab_3c

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Prototype : BaS3
AFLOW prototype label : AB3_oP16_18_ab_3c
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : oP16
Space group number : 18
Space group symbol : $\text{P2}_{1}\text{2}_{1}\text{2}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB3_oP16_18_ab_3c
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$z_{1}$,$z_{2}$,$x_{3}$,$y_{3}$,$z_{3}$,$x_{4}$,$y_{4}$,$z_{4}$,$x_{5}$,$y_{5}$,$z_{5}$


  • Not to be confused with the other BaS3 (D017) structure, which has space group P421m (#113).

Simple Orthorhombic primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =& z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& z_{1} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{Ba I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{1} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{Ba I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, b \, \hat{y} + z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2b\right) & \text{Ba II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2b\right) & \text{Ba II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =& x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{3} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =& - x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{3} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =& \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 + y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 + y_{3}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =& \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 - y_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 - y_{3}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & =& x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{4} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =& - x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{4} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & =& \left(\frac12 - x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 + y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - x_{4}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 + y_{4}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & =& \left(\frac12 + x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 - y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + x_{4}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 - y_{4}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & =& x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& x_{5} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{5} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & =& - x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - x_{5} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{5} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & =& \left(\frac12 - x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 + y_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - x_{5}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 + y_{5}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{5} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & =& \left(\frac12 + x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 - y_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + x_{5}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 - y_{5}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - z_{5} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4c\right) & \text{S III} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • W. S. Miller and A. J. King, The Structure of Polysulfides: I. Barium Trisulfide, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials 94, 439–446 (1936), doi:10.1524/zkri.1936.94.1.439.

Found in

  • P. Villars and L. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1991), 2nd edn., pp. 1701.

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