Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB4C_hP6_191_a_h_b

  • M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)
  • D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)
  • D. Hicks, M.J. Mehl, M. Esters, C. Oses, O. Levy, G.L.W. Hart, C. Toher, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3, Comp. Mat. Sci. 199, 110450 (2021). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

AlB4Mg Structure: AB4C_hP6_191_a_h_b

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Prototype : AlB4Mg
AFLOW prototype label : AB4C_hP6_191_a_h_b
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : hP6
Space group number : 191
Space group symbol : $\text{P6/mmm}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB4C_hP6_191_a_h_b
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$z_{3}$


  • Note that Table I of (Margadonna, 2002) mislabels the (1a) and (1b) Wyckoff positions.

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:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & 0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1b\right) & \text{Mg} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&\frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{B} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&\frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{B} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • S. Margadonna, K. Prassides, I. Arvanitidis, M. Pissas, G. Papavassiliou, and A. N. Fitch, Crystal structure of the Mg1–xAlxB2 superconductors near x ≈ 0.5, Phys. Rev. B 66, 014518 (2002), doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.66.014518.

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