P212121 D24 222 Orthorhombic info
No. 19 P212121 Patterson symmetry Pmmm

symmetry group diagram

Origin at midpoint of three non-intersecting pairs of parallel 21 axes

Asymmetric unit 0 ≤ x ≤ 1/2; 0 ≤ y ≤ 1/2; 0 ≤ z ≤ 1

Symmetry operations

(1)  1   (2)  2(0, 0, 1/2)   1/4, 0, z(3)  2(0, 1/2, 0)   0, y1/4(4)  2(1/2, 0, 0)   x1/4, 0

Generators selected (1); t(1, 0, 0); t(0, 1, 0); t(0, 0, 1); (2); (3)

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions
 General:
4 a 1
(1) xyz(2) -x + 1/2-yz + 1/2(3) -xy + 1/2-z + 1/2(4) x + 1/2-y + 1/2-z
h00 : h = 2n
0k0 : k = 2n
00l : l = 2n

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   p2gg
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 1/4, 0, z
Along [100]   p2gg
a' = b   b' = c   
Origin at x1/4, 0
Along [010]   p2gg
a' = c   b' = a   
Origin at 0, y1/4

Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups

I [2] P1121 (P21, 4)1; 2
  [2] P1211 (P21, 4)1; 3
  [2] P2111 (P21, 4)1; 4
IIa none
IIbnone

Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index

IIc[3] P212121 (a' = 3a or b' = 3b or c' = 3c) (19)

Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups

I[2] Pbca (61); [2] Pnma (62); [2] P41212 (92); [2] P43212 (96); [3] P213 (198)
II[2] A2122 (C2221, 20); [2] B2212 (C2221, 20); [2] C2221 (20); [2] I212121 (24); [2] P22121 (a' = 1/2a) (P21212, 18); [2] P21221 (b' = 1/2b) (P21212, 18); [2] P21212 (c' = 1/2c) (18)








































to end of page
to top of page