International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume G
Definition and exchange of crystallographic data
Edited by J. R. Hester and B. McMahon

International Tables for Crystallography (2026). Vol. G. Early view chapter
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060001011

Chapter 4.2 Core dictionary (coreCIF)


Index

Core dictionary version 3.3.0

_atom_site.disorder_assembly

Name:
_atom_site.disorder_assembly

Alias:
_atom_site_disorder_assembly

Definition:

   
    A code which identifies a cluster of atoms that show long-range positional
    disorder but are locally ordered. Within each such cluster of atoms,
    _atom_site.disorder_group is used to identify the sites that are
    simultaneously occupied. This field is only needed if there is more than
    one cluster of disordered atoms showing independent local order.

Examples:

A Disordered methyl assembly with groups 1 and 2.
B Disordered sites related by a mirror.
C Assembly with groups that describe alternative compositions of a compositionally disordered site.
S Disordered sites independent of symmetry.

Type: Word

Category:
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