Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A3B5_tI32_108_ac_a2c

  • 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)

Sr5Si3 Structure: A3B5_tI32_108_ac_a2c

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Prototype : Sr5Si3
AFLOW prototype label : A3B5_tI32_108_ac_a2c
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : tI32
Space group number : 108
Space group symbol : $I4cm$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A3B5_tI32_108_ac_a2c
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$z_{1}$,$z_{2}$,$x_{3}$,$z_{3}$,$x_{4}$,$z_{4}$,$x_{5}$,$z_{5}$



Body-centered Tetragonal primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & z_{1}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Si I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{1}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Si I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & z_{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Sr I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +z_{2}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Sr I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +2x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - 2x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & \left(x_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & \left(-x_{3}+z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3} + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{3}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{4}+z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +2x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{4}+z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - 2x_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & \left(x_{4}+z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & \left(-x_{4}+z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4} + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{4}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5} + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(x_{5}+z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +2x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5} + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(-x_{5}+z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - 2x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & = & \left(x_{5}+z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5} + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} - x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & = & \left(-x_{5}+z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5} + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \left(\frac{1}{2} +x_{5}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{5}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{5}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Sr III} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • G. Nagorsen, G. Rocktäschel, H. Schäfer, and A. Weiss, Die Kristallstruktur der Phase Sr5Si3, Z. Naturforsch. B 22, 101–102 (1967), doi:10.1515/znb-1967-0122.
  • R. Nesper and F. Zürcher, Redetermination of the crystal structure of pentastrontium trisilicide, Sr5Si3, Z. Kristallogr. NCS 214, 19 (1999), doi:10.1515/ncrs-1999-0112.

Found in

  • P. Villars and K. Cenzual, Pearson's Crystal Data – Crystal Structure Database for Inorganic Compounds, ASM International (2013).

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