Cu2Sb (C38) Structure: A2B_tP6_129_ac_c
| Prototype | : | Cu2Sb |
| AFLOW prototype label | : | A2B_tP6_129_ac_c |
| Strukturbericht designation | : | $C38$ |
| Pearson symbol | : | tP6 |
| Space group number | : | 129 |
| Space group symbol | : | $\mbox{P4/nmm}$ |
| AFLOW prototype command | : | aflow --proto=A2B_tP6_129_ac_c --params=$a,c/a,z_{2},z_{3}$ |
Other compounds with this structure
- AsCu2, As2U, CeSe2, HoSe2, GdO2, HFSb2, Te2U, S2Yb, KMgP, AsKMn, AlGeMn, GeNbSb, SnTeU, numerous others
Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:
\[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\
\mathbf{a}_2 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\
\mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\
\end{array}
\]
Basis vectors:
\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \mbox{Lattice Coordinates} & & \mbox{Cartesian Coordinates} &\mbox{Wyckoff Position} & \mbox{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Cu I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Cu I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Cu II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Cu II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Sb} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Sb} \\ \end{array} \]References
- W. B. Pearson, The Cu2Sb and related structures, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 171, 23–39 (1985).