p422 422 Tetragonal/Square
No. 53 p422 Patterson symmetry p4/mmm

symmetry group diagram

Origin at 422

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

Symmetry operations

(1)  1    (2)  2   0, 0, z (3)  4+   0, 0, z (4)  4-   0, 0, z
(5)  2   0, y, 0 (6)  2   x, 0, 0 (7)  2   xx, 0 (8)  2   x-x, 0

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 j 1
(1) xyz (2) -x-yz (3) -yxz (4) y-xz
(5) -xy-z (6) x-y-z (7) yx-z (8) -y-x-z
no conditions
    Special:
4 i  . 2 . 
x1/2, 0 -x1/2, 0 1/2x, 0 1/2-x, 0
no extra conditions
4 h  . 2 . 
x, 0, 0 -x, 0, 0 0, x, 0 0, -x, 0
no extra conditions
4 g  . . 2 
xx, 0 -x-x, 0 -xx, 0 x-x, 0
no extra conditions
4 f  2 . . 
0, 1/2z 1/2, 0, z 0, 1/2-z 1/2, 0, -z
hk: h + k = 2n
2 e  4 . . 
1/21/2z 1/21/2-z
no extra conditions
2 d  4 . . 
0, 0, z 0, 0, -z
no extra conditions
2 c  2 22 . 
1/2, 0, 0 0, 1/2, 0
hk: hk = 2n
1 b  4 2 2 
1/21/2, 0
no extra conditions
1 a  4 2 2 
0, 0, 0
no extra conditions

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   p4mm
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 0, 0, z
Along [100]   [script p]2mm
a' = b   
Origin at x, 0, 0
Along [110]   [script p]2mm
a' = 1/2(-a + b)   
Origin at xx, 0

Maximal non-isotypic subgroups


I [2] p411 (p4, 49) 1; 2; 3; 4
  [2] p212 (c222, 22) 1; 2; 7; 8
  [2] p221 (p222, 19) 1; 2; 5; 6
IIa none
IIb [2] c4221 (a' = 2ab' = 2b) (p4212, 54)

Maximal isotypic subgroups of lowest index


IIc [2] c422 (a' = 2ab' = 2b) (p422, 53)

Minimal non-isotypic supergroups


I [2] p4/mmm (61); [2] p4/nbm (62)
II none








































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