Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A_hR1_166_a.alpha-Hg

  • 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)

$\alpha$–Hg ($A10$) Structure: A_hR1_166_a

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Prototype : $\alpha$–Hg
AFLOW prototype label : A_hR1_166_a
Strukturbericht designation : $A10$
Pearson symbol : hR1
Space group number : 166
Space group symbol : $\text{R}\bar{3}\text{m}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A_hR1_166_a [--hex]
--params=
$a$,$c/a$


  • This rhombohedral structure becomes cubic at various values of $c/a$ (or $\alpha$) to wit, \[ \begin{array}{ccc} \text{$\textbf{$c/a$}$} & \mathbf{\alpha} & \text{$\textbf{Cubic Lattice}$} \\ \sqrt{6} & 60^{o} & \href{A_cF4_225_a.html}{\text{Face-Centered Cubic}} \\ \sqrt{\frac{3}{2}} & 90^{o} & \href{A_cP1_221_a.html}{\text{Simple Cubic}} \\ \sqrt{\frac{3}{8}} & 109.47^{o} & \href{A_cI2_229_a.html}{\text{Body-Centered Cubic}} \\ \end{array} \]Note that $\beta$–Po (A_hR1_166_a, $\beta$–Po) and $\alpha$–Hg (A_hR1_166_a, $\alpha$–Hg) have the same AFLOW prototype label. They are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (––params) specified in their corresponding CIF files. Experimentally, $\beta$–Po (Ai) has c/a near 1, or $\alpha$ > 90$^{o}$, while $\alpha$–Hg (A10) has c/a near 2, or $\alpha$ < 90$^{o}$. Hexagonal settings of this structure can be obtained with the option ––hex.

Rhombohedral primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & ~ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & - \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =&0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & =&0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{Hg} \\ \end{array} \]

References

Found in

  • J. Donohue, The Structure of the Elements (Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1982)., pp. 231-233.

Geometry files


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