Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A4B3_oI14_71_gh_cg

  • 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)

Ta3B4 ($D7_{b}$) Structure: A4B3_oI14_71_gh_cg

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Prototype : Ta3B4
AFLOW prototype label : A4B3_oI14_71_gh_cg
Strukturbericht designation : $D7_{b}$
Pearson symbol : oI14
Space group number : 71
Space group symbol : $Immm$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A4B3_oI14_71_gh_cg
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$y_{2}$,$y_{3}$,$y_{4}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • B4CoMo2, B4Cr3, B4FeMo2, B4Mn3, B4Mo2Ni, B4Nb3, B4Ta3, B4V3

Body-centered Orthorhombic primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & - \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & ~ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac12 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & ~ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} - \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(2c\right) & \text{Ta I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{2}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{B I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & -y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{2}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{B I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{Ta II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & -y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{3}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(4g\right) & \text{Ta II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & y_{4}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4h\right) & \text{B II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - y_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}-y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -y_{4}b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4h\right) & \text{B II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

Found in

  • R. M. Minyaev and R. Hoffmann, Transition–metal borides with the tantalum boride (Ta3B4) crystal structure: their electronic and bonding properties, Chem. Mater. 3, 547–557 (1991), doi:10.1021/cm00015a035.

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