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AFLOW Prototype: AB_cP2_221_a_b-002

This structure previously used the label(s) AB_cP2_221_b_a. Calls to these addresses will be redirected here.

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CsCl ($B2$) Structure: AB_cP2_221_a_b-002

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Prototype ClCs
AFLOW prototype label AB_cP2_221_a_b-002
Strukturbericht designation $B2$
ICSD 622367
CCDC 1749795
Pearson symbol cP2
Space group number 221
Space group symbol $Pm\overline{3}m$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB_cP2_221_a_b-002
--params=$a$

Other compounds with this structure

AgCd,  AgCe,  AgDy,  AgGd,  AgHo,  AgLa,  AgLi,  AgLu,  AgMg,  AgNd,  AgSc,  AgSm,  AgTb,  AgTm,  AgZn,  AlCe,  AlCo,  AlDy,  AlFe,  AlIr,  AlLu,  AlMg,  AlNd,  AlNi,  AlOs,  AlPd (H.T.),  AlRe,  AlRh,  AlRu,  AuCd,  AuCs,  AuDy,  AuGd,  AuHRb,  AuHo,  AuLa,  AuLi,  AuLu,  AuMg,  AuMn (H.T.),  AuNd,  AuPr,  AuSc,  AuSm,  AuTb,  AuTi (H.T.),  AuTm,  AuY,  AuZn,  BaCd,  BaHg,  BeNi,  BePd,  BiTl,  CaCd,  CaHg,  CaIn,  CaTl,  CdCe,  CdGd,  CdLa,  CdPr,  CdSc,  CdSm,  CdSr,  CdY,  CeHg,  CeMg,  CeZn,  CoFe,  CoGa,  CoHf,  CoSc,  CoTi,  CoZr,  CuDy,  CuEr,  CuGd,  CuSc,  CuSm,  CuTb,  CuTm,  CuY,  DyIn,  DyMg,  DyTl,  DyZn,  ErMg,  ErZn,  FeRh,  FeTi,  FeV,  GaIr,  GaNi,  GaRu,  GdHg,  GdIn,  GdMg,  GdRh,  GdTl,  GdZn,  HfRu,  HfTc,  HgLa,  HgLi,  HgMg,  HgMn,  HgPr,  HgSc,  HgSr,  HgY,  HoIr,  HoMg,  HoRh,  HoZn,  InNi,  InPd,  IrMn,  IrSc,  IrTm,  LuMg,  LuPd,  LuRh,  MgNd,  MgPd,  MgPr,  MgRh,  MgSm,  MgTb,  MgTm,  MgV,  NdTl,  NdZn,  NiSc,  NiTi,  NiZn (H.T.),  OsTl,  OsV,  OsZr,  PdSc,  PdSm,  PdZn,  PtSc,  PuRu,  ReTi,  RhSc,  RhSi,  RhSm,  RhTb,  RhTi,  RhTm,  RhZr,  ScZn,  SmZn,  SrTl,  TaTc,  TbZn,  TcTi,  TcV,  TeTh,  TiZn,  TlY,  TmZn,  YZn


  • The atoms are on the sites of a body-centered cubic lattice.
  • We extrapolated the lattice constants of (Ganesan, 1986) to 0K. The ICSD entry uses their lattice constant at 298K.

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a_{1}}&=&a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}\\\mathbf{a_{2}}&=&a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}\\\mathbf{a_{3}}&=&a \,\mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array}\]

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) Cl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (1b) Cs I

References

  • V. Ganesan and K. S. Girirajan, Lattice parameter and thermal expansion of CsCl and CsBr by x-ray powder diffraction. I. Thermal expansion of CsCl from room temperature to 90$^{\circ}$ K, Paramana – Journal of Physics 27, 469–474 (1986), doi:10.1007/BF02846872.

First cited in

  • 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)

Geometry files


Prototype Generator

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