Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B_tP12_92_b_a

  • 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)

$\alpha$–Cristobalite (SiO2, $C30$, low) Structure: A2B_tP12_92_b_a

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Prototype : SiO2
AFLOW prototype label : A2B_tP12_92_b_a
Strukturbericht designation : $C30$
Pearson symbol : tP12
Space group number : 92
Space group symbol : $\text{P4}_{1}\text{2}_{1}\text{2}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A2B_tP12_92_b_a
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{1}$,$x_{2}$,$y_{2}$,$z_{2}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • BeF2

  • If the silicon atoms are replaced by aluminium and phosphorous atoms the structure is very similar to the “low cristobalite” form of AlPO$_{4}$. Although this as the same space group and Wyckoff positions as paratellurite ($\alpha$-TeO$_{2}$, the actual positions of the atoms are substantially different, so we have given the two compounds separate entries in the database.

Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =&x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =&\left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac14 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac14 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =&\left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac34 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac34 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac14 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac14 - z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac34 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac34 - z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & =&y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & =&- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{O} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • J. J. Pluth, J. V. Smith, and J. Faber Jr., Crystal structure of low cristobalite at 10, 293, and 473 K: Variation of framework geometry with temperature, J. Appl. Phys. 57, 1045–1049 (1985), doi:10.1063/1.334545.

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. 4759.

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