Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB3C4_oP16_31_a_ab_2ab

  • 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)

Enargite (AsCu3S4, $H2_{5}$) Structure: AB3C4_oP16_31_a_ab_2ab

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Prototype : AsCu3S4
AFLOW prototype label : AB3C4_oP16_31_a_ab_2ab
Strukturbericht designation : $H2_{5}$
Pearson symbol : oP16
Space group number : 31
Space group symbol : $\text{Pmn2}_{1}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB3C4_oP16_31_a_ab_2ab
--params=
$a$,$b/a$,$c/a$,$y_{1}$,$z_{1}$,$y_{2}$,$z_{2}$,$y_{3}$,$z_{3}$,$y_{4}$,$z_{4}$,$x_{5}$,$y_{5}$,$z_{5}$,$x_{6}$,$y_{6}$,$z_{6}$


  • This structure should not be confused with the lazarevićite form of AsCu3S4, which is related to an sp$^{3}$ cubic structure.

Simple Orthorhombic primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =& y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& y_{1} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{1} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{As} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{1} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{1}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{As} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =& y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& y_{2} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{Cu I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{2} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{Cu I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =& y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& y_{3} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{S I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{3} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{3}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{S I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =& y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& y_{4} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{S II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{4} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{4}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{S II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & =& x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& x_{5} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{5} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{5} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Cu II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =& \left(\frac12 - x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - x_{5}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{5} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{5}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Cu II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & =& \left(\frac12 + x_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{5}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + x_{5}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{5} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{5}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Cu II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & =& - x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - x_{5} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{5} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{5} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Cu II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & =& x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& x_{6} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{6} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{6} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{S III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & =& \left(\frac12 - x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - x_{6}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{6} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{6}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{S III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & =& \left(\frac12 + x_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{6}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + x_{6}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - y_{6} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{6}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{S III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & =& - x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - x_{6} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + y_{6} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{6} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{S III} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • G. Adiwidjaja and J. Löhn, Strukturverfeinerung von Enargit, Cu3AsS4, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B Struct. Sci. 26, 1878–1879 (1970), doi:10.1107/S0567740870005034.

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