Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B4C_oF56_70_g_h_a

  • 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)

Thenardite [Na2SO4 (V), $H1_{7}$] Structure : A2B4C_oF56_70_g_h_a

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Prototype : Na2O4S
AFLOW prototype label : A2B4C_oF56_70_g_h_a
Strukturbericht designation : $H1_{7}$
Pearson symbol : oF56
Space group number : 70
Space group symbol : $Fddd$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A2B4C_oF56_70_g_h_a
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$z_{2}$,$x_{3}$,$y_{3}$,$z_{3}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • Ag2SO4 and Cr2SO4

  • Na2SO4 has eight known anhydrous phases. The thenardite phase is reported to be stable between 32 °C and about 180 °C (Nord, 1973), but the data reported here was taken on synthetic thenardite at 25 °C.

Face-centered Orthorhombic primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & \frac{1}{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{8}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{8}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{8}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8a\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{7}{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{7}{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{7}{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{7}{8}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{7}{8}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{7}{8}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8a\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{4} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{8}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{8}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16g\right) & \text{Na} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{4} - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{8}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{8}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{4}-z_{2}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16g\right) & \text{Na} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & -z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{3}{4} +z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{3}{8}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{3}{8}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16g\right) & \text{Na} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & \left(\frac{3}{4} +z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{3}{4} +z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{3}{8}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{3}{8}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{3}{4} +z_{2}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(16g\right) & \text{Na} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{3}-y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}+y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & \left(x_{3}-y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3} - y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4}-x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{4}-y_{3}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & \left(x_{3}+y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3} - y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4}-x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{4}-z_{3}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3} - y_{3} - z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{3}+y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}-y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{4}-y_{3}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{4}-z_{3}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & \left(x_{3}-y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}-y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{3}-y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{4} +y_{3}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = & \left(-x_{3}-y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(x_{3}-y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{4} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{4} +z_{3}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3} + y_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{3}-y_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(-x_{3}+y_{3}-z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{4} +y_{3}\right)b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{1}{4} +z_{3}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(32h\right) & \text{O} \\ \end{array} \]

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