I212121 D29 222 Orthorhombic info
No. 24 I212121 Patterson symmetry Immm

symmetry group diagram

Origin at midpoint of three non-intersecting pairs of parallel 2 axes

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

Symmetry operations

For (0, 0, 0)+ set

(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

For (1/21/21/2)+ set

(1)  t(1/21/21/2)   (2)  2   0, 1/4z(3)  2   1/4y, 0(4)  2   x, 0, 1/4

Generators selected (1); t(1, 0, 0); t(0, 1, 0); t(0, 0, 1); t(1/21/21/2); (2); (3)

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions
 (0, 0, 0)+  (1/21/21/2)+  General:
8 d 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
hkl : h + k + l = 2n
0kl : k + l = 2n
h0l : h + l = 2n
hk0 : h + k = 2n
h00 : h = 2n
0k0 : k = 2n
00l : l = 2n
    Special: as above, plus
4 c  . . 2 
0, 1/4z 0, 3/4-z + 1/2
hk0 : h = 2n
4 b  . 2 . 
1/4y, 0 1/4-y1/2
h0l : h = 2n
4 a  2 . . 
x, 0, 1/4 -x + 1/2, 0, 3/4
0kl : k = 2n

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   c2mm
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 1/4, 0, z
Along [100]   c2mm
a' = b   b' = c   
Origin at x1/4, 0
Along [010]   c2mm
a' = c   b' = a   
Origin at 0, y1/4

Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups

I [2] I1121 (C2, 5)(1; 2)+
  [2] I1211 (C2, 5)(1; 3)+
  [2] I2111 (C2, 5)(1; 4)+
IIa [2] P212121 (19)1; 2; 3; 4
  [2] P2221 (17)1; 2; (3; 4) + (1/21/21/2)
  [2] P2212 (P2221, 17)1; 3; (2; 4) + (1/21/21/2)
  [2] P2122 (P2221, 17)1; 4; (2; 3) + (1/21/21/2)
IIbnone

Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index

IIc[3] I212121 (a' = 3a or b' = 3b or c' = 3c) (24)

Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups

I[2] Ibca (73); [2] Imma (74); [2] I4122 (98); [2] I-42d (122); [3] I213 (199)
II[2] A222 (a' = 1/2a) (C222, 21); [2] B222 (b' = 1/2b) (C222, 21); [2] C222 (c' = 1/2c) (21)








































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