International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume A
Space-group symmetry
Edited by Th. Hahn

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. A. ch. 1.2, p. 4

Section 1.2.2. Notes on centred cells

Th. Hahna*

a Institut für Kristallographie, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany
Correspondence e-mail: hahn@xtal.rwth-aachen.de

1.2.2. Notes on centred cells

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  • (i) The centring type of a cell may change with a change of the basis vectors; in particular, a primitive cell may become a centred cell and vice versa. Examples of relevant transformation matrices are contained in Table 5.1.3.1[link] .

  • (ii) Section 1.2.1[link] contains only those conventional centring symbols which occur in the Hermann–Mauguin space-group symbols. There exist, of course, further kinds of centred cells which are unconventional; an interesting example is provided by the triple rhombohedral D cell, described in Section 4.3.5.3[link] .

  • (iii) For the use of the letter S as a new general, setting-independent `centring symbol' for monoclinic and orthorhombic Bravais lattices see Chapter 2.1[link] , especially Table 2.1.2.1[link] , and de Wolff et al. (1985[link]).

  • (iv) Symbols for crystal families and Bravais lattices in one, two and three dimensions are listed in Table 2.1.2.1[link] and are explained in the Nomenclature Report by de Wolff et al. (1985[link]).

References

First citation Wolff, P. M. de, Belov, N. V., Bertaut, E. F., Buerger, M. J., Donnay, J. D. H., Fischer, W., Hahn, Th., Koptsik, V. A., Mackay, A. L., Wondratschek, H., Wilson, A. J. C. & Abrahams, S. C. (1985). Nomenclature for crystal families, Bravais-lattice types and arithmetic classes. Report of the International Union of Crystallography Ad-hoc Committee on the Nomenclature of Symmetry. Acta Cryst. A41, 278–280.Google Scholar








































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