p4212 422 Tetragonal/Square
No. 54 p4212 Patterson symmetry p4/mmm

symmetry group diagram

Origin on 4 at -1/2, 0, 0 from 222 at 212

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, 1/2, 0)   1/4y, 0 (6)  2(1/2, 0, 0)   x1/4, 0 (7)  2(1/21/2, 0)   xx, 0 (8)  2(1/21/2, 0)   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 e 1
(1) xyz (2) -x-yz (3) -yxz (4) y-xz
(5) -x + 1/2y + 1/2-z (6) x + 1/2-y + 1/2-z (7) y + 1/2x + 1/2-z (8) -y + 1/2-x + 1/2-z
h0: h = 2n
0k: k = 2n
    Special: as above, plus
4 d  . . 2 
xx + 1/2, 0 -x-x + 1/2, 0 -x + 1/2x, 0 x + 1/2-x, 0
no extra conditions
4 c  2 . . 
0, 1/2z 1/2, 0, z 1/2, 0, -z 0, 1/2-z
hk: h + k = 2n
2 b  4 . . 
0, 0, z 1/21/2-z
hk: h + k = 2n
2 a  2 . 22 
0, 1/2, 0 1/2, 0, 0
hk: h + k = 2n

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   p4gm
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 0, 0, z
Along [100]   [script p]2mg
a' = b   
Origin at x1/4, 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] p2211 (p21212, 21) 1; 2; 5; 6
IIa none
IIb none

Maximal isotypic subgroups of lowest index


IIc [9] p4212 (a' = 3ab' = 3b) (54)

Minimal non-isotypic supergroups


I [2] p4/mbm (63); [2] p4/nmm (64)
II [2] c422 (p422, 53)








































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