$\beta$–BeO Structure: AB_tP8_136_g_f
| Prototype | : | $\beta$–BeO |
| AFLOW prototype label | : | AB_tP8_136_g_f |
| Strukturbericht designation | : | None |
| Pearson symbol | : | tP8 |
| Space group number | : | 136 |
| Space group symbol | : | $\mbox{P4}_{2}\mbox{/mnm}$ |
| AFLOW prototype command | : | aflow --proto=AB_tP8_136_g_f --params=$a,c/a,x_{1},x_{2}$ |
Other compounds with this structure
- ZnO
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} & =&x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4f\right) & \mbox{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4f\right) & \mbox{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \mbox{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \mbox{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4g\right) & \mbox{Be} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4g\right) & \mbox{Be} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \mbox{Be} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \mbox{Be} \\ \end{array} \]References
- D. K. Smith, C. F. Cline, and S. B. Austerman, The Crystal Structure of beta–Beryllia, Acta Cryst. 18, 393–397 (1965), doi:10.1107/S0365110X65000877.