Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A3B_cP16_198_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)

Ammonia (NH3, $D0_{1}$) Structure: A3B_cP16_198_b_a

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Prototype : NH3
AFLOW prototype label : A3B_cP16_198_b_a
Strukturbericht designation : $D0_{1}$
Pearson symbol : cP16
Space group number : 198
Space group symbol : $\text{P2}_{1}\text{3}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A3B_cP16_198_b_a
--params=
$a$,$x_{1}$,$x_{2}$,$y_{2}$,$z_{2}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • AsH3, PH3

  • The positions of the hydrogen atoms are taken from neutron diffraction data on fully deuterated ND3. In the original Strukturbericht (Ewald, 1931) gave this structure the symbol $D1$. Following the revision of the type-$D$ numbering beginning in volume II (Herman, 1937) this should be renamed $D0_{1}$. We previously used the $D1$ designation, but now list this as $D0_{1}$ for consistency with other $D$-type structures.

Simple Cubic primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \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} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = &\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = &- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = &+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{N} \\ \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} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = &\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = &- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = &+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = &z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &z_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = &\left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = &- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- z_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = &+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & = &y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ z_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & = &\left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- z_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & = &- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & = &+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(12b\right) & \text{H} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • R. Boese, N. Niederprüm, D. Bläser, A. Maulitz, M. Y. Antipin, and P. R. Mallinson, Single–Crystal Structure and Electron Density Distribution of Ammonia at 160 K on the Basis of X–ray Diffraction Data, J. Phys. Chem. B 101, 5794–5799 (1997), doi:10.1021/jp970580v.
  • P. P. Ewald and C. Hermann, eds., Strukturbericht 1913-1928, (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1931).
  • C. Hermann, O. Lohrmann, and H. Philipp, eds., Strukturbericht Band II 1928-1932 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1937).

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