pman mmm Orthorhombic/Rectangular
No. 42 p2/m21/a2/n Patterson symmetry pmmm

symmetry group diagram

Origin at centre (2/m) at 2/m1n

Asymmetric unit 0 ≤ x ≤ 1/2; 0 ≤ y ≤ 1/4

Symmetry operations

(1)  1    (2)  2(0, 1/2, 0)   1/4y, 0 (3)  2   1/41/4z (4)  2   x, 0, 0
(5)  -1   0, 0, 0 (6)  a   x1/4z (7)  n(1/21/2, 0)   xy, 0 (8)  m   0, yz

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

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions

  General:
8 f 1
(1) xyz (2) -x + 1/2y + 1/2-z (3) -x + 1/2-y + 1/2z (4) x-y-z
(5) -x-y-z (6) x + 1/2-y + 1/2z (7) x + 1/2y + 1/2-z (8) -xyz
hk: h + k = 2n
h0: h = 2n
0k: k = 2n
    Special: as above, plus
4 e  m . . 
0, yz 1/2y + 1/2-z 1/2-y + 1/2z 0, -y-z
no extra conditions
4 d  . . 2 
1/41/4z 1/43/4-z 3/43/4-z 3/41/4z
hk: h = 2n
4 c  2 . . 
x, 0, 0 -x + 1/21/2, 0 -x, 0, 0 x + 1/21/2, 0
no extra conditions
2 b  2/m . . 
1/2, 0, 0 0, 1/2, 0
no extra conditions
2 a  2/m . . 
0, 0, 0 1/21/2, 0
no extra conditions

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   c2mm
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 0, 0, z
Along [100]   [script p]2mg
a' = b   
Origin at x, 0, 0
Along [010]   [script p]2mm
a' = 1/2a   
Origin at 0, y, 0

Maximal non-isotypic subgroups


I [2] p2an (pb2n, 34) 1; 4; 6; 7
  [2] pm21n (32) 1; 2; 7; 8
  [2] pma2 (24) 1; 3; 6; 8
  [2] p2212 (p2122, 20) 1; 2; 3; 4
  [2] p121/a1 (p21/b11, 17) 1; 2; 5; 6
  [2] p2/m11 (14) 1; 4; 5; 8
  [2] p112/n (p112/a, 7) 1; 3; 5; 7
IIa none
IIb none

Maximal isotypic subgroups of lowest index


IIc [3] pman (a' = 3a) (42); [3] pman (b' = 3b) (42)

Minimal non-isotypic supergroups


I none
II [2] cmmm (47); [2] pmaa (b' = 1/2b) (38); [2] pmma (b' = 1/2b) (41)








































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