Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A_aP4_2_aci

  • 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)

Cf Structure: A_aP4_2_aci

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Prototype : Cf
AFLOW prototype label : A_aP4_2_aci
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : aP4
Space group number : 2
Space group symbol : $\text{P}\bar{1}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A_aP4_2_aci
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$\alpha$,$\beta$,$\gamma$,$x_{3}$,$y_{3}$,$z_{3}$


  • This is a high-pressure phase, observed between 30 and 40 GPa.

Triclinic primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & 0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{Cf I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac12 \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& \frac12 \, b \, \cos\gamma \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, b \, \sin\gamma \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(1c\right) & \text{Cf II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =& x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(x_{3} \, a + y_{3} \, b \, \cos\gamma \, + z_{3} \, c_x\right)\, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(y_{3} \, b \, \sin\gamma + z_{3} \, c_y\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{3} \, c_z \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2i\right) & \text{Cf III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =& - x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - \left(x_{3} \, a + y_{3} \, b \, \cos\gamma \, + z_{3} \, c_x\right)\, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \left(y_{3} \, b \, \sin\gamma + z_{3} \, c_y\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{3} \, c_z \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2i\right) & \text{Cf III} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • R. B. Roof, Concerning the Structure of a High Pressure Phase in Californium Metal, J. Less–Common Met. 120, 345–349 (1986), doi:10.1016/0022-5088(86)90660-0.

Found in

  • P. Villars and L. Calvert, Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (ASM International, Materials Park, OH, 1991), 2nd edn., pp. 2332.

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