$\beta$–Hg4Pt Structure: A4B_cI10_229_c_a
| Prototype | : | Hg4Pt |
| AFLOW prototype label | : | A4B_cI10_229_c_a |
| Strukturbericht designation | : | None |
| Pearson symbol | : | cI10 |
| Space group number | : | 229 |
| Space group symbol | : | $Im\bar{3}m$ |
| AFLOW prototype command | : | aflow --proto=A4B_cI10_229_c_a --params=$a$ |
Other compounds with this structure
- Hg4Pd, Hg4U
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:
\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \mbox{Lattice Coordinates} & & \mbox{Cartesian Coordinates} &\mbox{Wyckoff Position} & \mbox{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Pt} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \mbox{Hg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \mbox{Hg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \mbox{Hg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} & = & - \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \mbox{Hg} \\ \end{array} \]References
- E. Bauer, H. Nowotny, and A. Stempfl, Röntgenographische Untersuchungen im System: Platin–Quecksilber, Monatsh. Chem. 84, 211–212 (1953), doi:10.1007/BF00899140.