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. 2.2, p. 39

Table 2.2.16.2 

Th. Hahna* and A. Looijenga-Vosb‡

a Institut für Kristallographie, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aachen, Germany, and bLaboratorium voor Chemische Fysica, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Correspondence e-mail:  hahn@xtl.rwth-aachen.de

Table 2.2.16.2 | top | pdf |
Symbols for centring types and glide planes of monoclinic space groups

Setting   Cell choice
1 2 3
Unique axis b Centring type C A I
Glide planes c, n n, a a, c
Unique axis c Centring type A B I
Glide planes a, n n, b b, a
Unique axis a Centring type B C I
Glide planes b, n n, c c, b