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INTERNATIONAL TABLES for CRYSTALLOGRAPHY |
Volume G |
Definition and Exchange of Crystallographic Data |
Definition:
The number as assigned in International Tables for Crystallography Vol. A, specifying the proper affine class (i.e. the orientation-preserving affine class) of space groups (crystallographic space-group type) to which the space group belongs. This number defines the space-group type but not the coordinate system in which it is expressed.
Type: int
Mandatory item: no
Alias:Related item: _symmetry.Int_Tables_number (alternate)
Category: space_group
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