Cu2Mg Cubic Laves Structure (C15): A2B_cF24_227_d_a
| Prototype | : | Cu2Mg |
| AFLOW prototype label | : | A2B_cF24_227_d_a |
| Strukturbericht designation | : | $C15$ |
| Pearson symbol | : | cF24 |
| Space group number | : | 227 |
| Space group symbol | : | $\mbox{Fd}\bar{3}\mbox{m}$ |
| AFLOW prototype command | : | aflow --proto=A2B_cF24_227_d_a --params=$a$ |
Other compounds with this structure
- CsBi2, RbBi2
Face-centered Cubic primitive vectors:
\[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\
\mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\
\mathbf{a}_3 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\
\end{array}
\]
Basis vectors:
\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \mbox{Lattice Coordinates} & & \mbox{Cartesian Coordinates} &\mbox{Wyckoff Position} & \mbox{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = &\frac18 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac18 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac18 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac18 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac18 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac18 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8a\right) & \mbox{Mg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = &\frac78 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac78 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac78 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac78 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac78 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac78 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8a\right) & \mbox{Mg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(16d\right) & \mbox{Cu} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& = &\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(16d\right) & \mbox{Cu} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(16d\right) & \mbox{Cu} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(16d\right) & \mbox{Cu} \\ \end{array} \]References
- J. B. Friauf, The Crystal Structures of Two Intermetallic Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 49, 3107–3114 (1927), doi:10.1021/ja01411a017.
Found in
- R. W. G. Wyckoff, Crystal Structures Vol. 1 (Wiley, 1963), 2nd edn., pp. 365-367.