P3 C 3 1 3 Trigonal info
No. 143 P3 Patterson symmetry P-3

symmetry group diagram

Origin on 3

Asymmetric unit: 0 ≤ x ≤ 2/3; 0 ≤ y ≤ 2/3; 0 ≤ z ≤ 1; x ≤ (1 + y)/2; y ≤ min(1 - x, (1 + x)/2)
Vertices
0, 0, 0   1/2, 0, 0   2/31/3, 0   1/32/3, 0   0, 1/2, 0  
0, 0, 1   1/2, 0, 1   2/31/3, 1   1/32/3, 1   0, 1/2, 1  

Symmetry operations

(1)  1    (2)  3+    0, 0, z (3)  3-    0, 0, z

Generators selected (1); t(1, 0, 0); t(0, 1, 0); t(0, 0, 1); (2)

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions

  General:
3 d 1
(1) xyz (2) -yx - yz (3) -x + y-xz
no conditions
    Special: as above, plus
1 c 3 . .
2/31/3z
no extra conditions
1 b 3 . .
1/32/3z
no extra conditions
1 a 3 . .
0, 0, z
no extra conditions

Symmetry of special projections

Along [001]   p3
a' = a   b' = b   
Origin at 0, 0, z
Along [100]   p1
a' = 1/2(a + 2b)   b' = c   
Origin at x, 0, 0
Along [210]   p1
a' = 1/2b   b' = c   
Origin at x1/2x, 0

Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups


I   [3] P1 (1) 1
IIa none
IIb [3] P32  (c' = 3c) (145); [3] P31  (c' = 3c) (144); [3] R3  (a' = a - b, b' = a + 2b, c' = 3c) (146); [3] R3  (a' = 2a + b, b' = -a + b, c' = 3c) (146)

Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index


IIc [2] P3  (c' = 2c) (143); [3] H3  (a' = 3a, b' = 3b) (P3, 143)

Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups


I [2] P-3 (147); [2] P312 (149); [2] P321 (150); [2] P3m1 (156); [2] P31m (157); [2] P3c1 (158); [2] P31c (159); [2] P6 (168); [2] P63 (173); [2] P-6 (174)
II [3] R3(obverse) (146); [3] R3(reverse) (146)








































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