Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A4B3_cI28_220_c_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)

Th3P4 ($D7_{3}$) Structure: A4B3_cI28_220_c_a

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Prototype : Th3P4
AFLOW prototype label : A4B3_cI28_220_c_a
Strukturbericht designation : $D7_{3}$
Pearson symbol : cI28
Space group number : 220
Space group symbol : $I\bar{4}3d$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A4B3_cI28_220_c_a
--params=
$a$,$x_{2}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • Th3As4, U3As4, U3Bi4, N3P4, Th3P4, U3P4, Th3Sb4, U3Sb4, U3Te4

Body-centered Cubic primitive vectors:

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

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

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