BN (Bk) Structure: AB_hP4_194_c_d
| Prototype | : | BN |
| AFLOW prototype label | : | AB_hP4_194_c_d |
| Strukturbericht designation | : | $B_{k}$ |
| Pearson symbol | : | hP4 |
| Space group number | : | 194 |
| Space group symbol | : | $\mbox{P6}_{3}\mbox{/mmc}$ |
| AFLOW prototype command | : | aflow --proto=AB_hP4_194_c_d --params=$a,c/a$ |
Other compounds with this structure
- ZnO nanowires
- This is the corrected boron nitride structure found by (Pease, 1950) and (Pease, 1952). See further discussion on the B12 page.
Hexagonal primitive vectors:
\[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\
\mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\
\mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\
\end{array}
\]
Basis vectors:
\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \mbox{Lattice Coordinates} & & \mbox{Cartesian Coordinates} &\mbox{Wyckoff Position} & \mbox{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1}& = &\frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2}& = &\frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3}& = &\frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2d\right) & \mbox{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4}& = &\frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2d\right) & \mbox{N} \\ \end{array} \]References
- R. S. Pease, An X–ray study of boron nitride, Acta Cryst. 5, 356–361 (1952), doi:10.1107/S0365110X52001064.
- R. S. Pease, Crystal Structure of Boron Nitride, Nature 165, 722–723 (1950), doi:10.1038/165722b0.
Found in
- R. W. G. Wyckoff, Crystal Structures Vol. 1 (Wiley, 1963), 2nd edn., pp. 184-5.