The Cesium Chloride Structure

Last modified 5 April 2001

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• Prototype: CsCl
• Pearson Symbol: cP2
• Strukturbericht Designation: B2
• Space Group: Pm(-3)m (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings available)
• Number: 221
• Other Compounds with this Structure: CsBr, CsI, RbCl, AlCo, AgZn, BeCu, MgCe, RuAl, SrTl
• Primitive Vectors:
  • A₁ = a X
  • A₂ = a Y
  • A₃ = a Z
• Basis Vector:
  • B₁= 0   (Cs)   (1a)
  • B₂= ½ A₁ + ½ A₂ + ½ A₃ = ½ aX + ½ aY + ½ aZ   (Cl)   (1b)

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