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

_geom_angle.value

Name:
_geom_angle.value

Alias:
_geom_angle

Definition:

   
    The value of the angle defined by the listed sites.
    The vertex atom is identified by _geom_angle.atom_site_label_2
    and accompanying symmetry operation code.

Type: Real

Units: degrees


The permitted range is 0.0 → 180.0

Evaluation method:

    With a as geom_angle
    xc = List()
    bundle = [[a.site_symmetry_1,a.atom_site_label_1],
              [a.site_symmetry_2,a.atom_site_label_2],
              [a.site_symmetry_3.a.atom_site_label_3]]
    for symop,label in bundle {
        xf   =   SymEquiv(symop,  _atom_site[label].fract_xyz)
        xc ++=  _atom_sites_Cartn_transform.matrix * xf
    }
      v1,v2  =  xc[0]-xc[1], xc[2]-xc[1]

     _geom_angle.value =  Acosd ( v1 * v2 / ( Norm (v1) * Norm (v2) ) )

Category:
geom_angle








































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