Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: ABC4_mP12_13_e_a_2g

  • 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)

Sylvanite (AgAuTe4, $E1_{b}$) Structure: ABC4_mP12_13_e_a_2g

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Prototype : AgAuTe4
AFLOW prototype label : ABC4_mP12_13_e_a_2g
Strukturbericht designation : $E1_{b}$
Pearson symbol : mP12
Space group number : 13
Space group symbol : $\text{P2/c}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=ABC4_mP12_13_e_a_2g
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$\beta$,$y_2$,$x_3$,$y_3$,$z_3$,$x_4$,$y_4$,$z_4$


Simple Monoclinic primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \cos\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + c \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array} \]

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(2a\right) & \text{Au} \\ \mathbf{B_2} & = & \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = & \frac12 \, c \cos\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, c \sin\beta\, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{Au} \\ \mathbf{B_3} & = & y_2 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = &\frac14 \, c \cos\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_2 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} +\frac14 \, c \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2e\right) & \text{Ag} \\ \mathbf{B_4} & = & - y_2 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = &\frac34 \, c \cos\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_2 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} +\frac34 \, c \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2e\right) & \text{Ag} \\ \mathbf{B_5} & = &x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(x_3 \, a + z_3 \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_3 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_3 \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te I} \\ \mathbf{B_6} & = &-x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 - z_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(-x_3 \, a + \left(\frac12 - z_3\right) \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_3 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_3\right) \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te I} \\ \mathbf{B_7} & = &- x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- \left(x_3 \, a + z_3 \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_3 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_3 \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te I} \\ \mathbf{B_8} & = &x_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_3 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_3\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(x_3 \, a + \left(\frac12 + z_3\right) \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_3 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_3\right) \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te I} \\ \mathbf{B_9} & = &x_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(x_4 \, a + z_4 \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_4 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_4 \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = &-x_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 - z_4\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(-x_4 \, a + \left(\frac12 - z_4\right) \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_4 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_4\right) \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = &- x_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- \left(x_4 \, a + z_4 \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_4 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_4 \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = &x_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_4 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_4\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(x_4 \, a + \left(\frac12 + z_4\right) \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_4 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_4\right) \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Te II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • F. Pertlik, Kristallchemie natürlicher Telluride I: Verfeinerung der Kristallstruktur des Sylvanits, AuAgTe4, Tschermaks mineralogische und petrographische Mitteilungen 33, 203–212 (1984), doi:10.1007/BF01081381.

Found in

  • P. Villars, Material Phases Data System ((MPDS), CH–6354 Vitznau, Switzerland, 2014). Accessed through the Springer Materials site.

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