P42nm C4v4 4mm Tetragonal info
No. 102 P42nm Patterson symmetry P4/mmm

symmetry group diagram

Origin on 2m m on 2 1 m

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

Symmetry operations

(1)  1   (2)  2   0, 0, z(3)  4+(0, 0, 1/2)   0, 1/2z(4)  4-(0, 0, 1/2)   1/2, 0, z
(5)  n(1/2, 0, 1/2)   x1/4z(6)  n(0, 1/21/2)   1/4yz(7)  m   x-xz(8)  m   xxz

Generators selected (1); t(1, 0, 0); t(0, 1, 0); t(0, 0, 1); (2); (3); (5)

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions
 General:
8 d 1
(1) xyz(2) -x-yz(3) -y + 1/2x + 1/2z + 1/2(4) y + 1/2-x + 1/2z + 1/2
(5) x + 1/2-y + 1/2z + 1/2(6) -x + 1/2y + 1/2z + 1/2(7) -y-xz(8) yxz
0kl : k + l = 2n
00l : l = 2n
h00 : h = 2n
    Special: as above, plus
4 c  . . m 
xxz -x-xz -x + 1/2x + 1/2z + 1/2x + 1/2-x + 1/2z + 1/2
no extra conditions
4 b  2 . . 
0, 1/2z 0, 1/2z + 1/2 1/2, 0, z + 1/2 1/2, 0, z
hkl : h + kl = 2n
2 a  2 . m m 
0, 0, z 1/21/2z + 1/2
hkl : h + k + l = 2n

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   p4gm
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 0, 1/2z
Along [100]   c1m1
a' = b   b' = c   
Origin at x, 0, 0
Along [110]   p1m1
a' = 1/2(-a + b)   b' = c   
Origin at xx, 0

Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups

I [2] P4211 (P42, 77)1; 2; 3; 4
  [2] P21m (Cmm2, 35)1; 2; 7; 8
  [2] P2n1 (Pnn2, 34)1; 2; 5; 6
IIa none
IIb[2] F41dc (a' = 2ab' = 2bc' = 2c) (I41cd, 110); [2] F41dm (a' = 2ab' = 2bc' = 2c) (I41md, 109)

Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index

IIc[3] P42nm (c' = 3c) (102); [9] P42nm (a' = 3ab' = 3b) (102)

Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups

I[2] P42/nnm (134); [2] P42/mnm (136)
II[2] C42cm (P42mc, 105); [2] I4mm (107); [2] P4bm (c' = 1/2c) (100)








































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