Crystal Lattice Structures:	Creation Date: 24 Sep 2002
	Last Modified: 10 June 2005

The Bainite (Fe₃C) Structure

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• see the structure from several perspectives;
• examine the structure with an external viewer; or
• download the coordinates of the atoms in these pictures in XYZ format.
• visualize the structure (Uses the JMOL Applet)

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• Pearson's Handbook actually lists this as upper Bainite.

• Note that D0₁₁ (Cementite) is another structure with composition Fe₃C.

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• Prototype: Fe₃C (Bainite)
• Pearson Symbol: hP8
• Space Group: P6₃22 (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings available)
• Number: 182
• Reference: Villars and Calvert, Pearson's Handbook Vol. II, p. 1894.
• Primitive Vectors:

  A1	=	½ a X - ½ 3½ a Y
  A2	=	½ a X + ½ 3½ a Y
  A3	=	c Z

• Basis Vectors:

  B1 =	1/3 A1 + 2/3 A2 + 3/4 A3	=	½ a X  + 12-½ a Y  + 3/4 c Z	(2d)	(C)
  B2 =	2/3 A1 + 1/3 A2 + 1/4 A3	=	½ a X  - 12-½ a Y  + 1/4 c Z	(2d)	(C)
  B3 =	x A1	=	½ x a X  - ½ 3½ x a Y	(6g)	(Fe)
  B4 =	x A2	=	½ x a X  + ½ 3½ x a Y	(6g)	(Fe)
  B5 =	- x A1 - x A2	=	- x a X	(6g)	(Fe)
  B6 =	- x A1 + 1/2 A3	=	- ½ x a X  + ½ 3½ x a Y  + ½ c Z	(6g)	(Fe)
  B7 =	- x A2 + 1/2 A3	=	- ½ x a X  - ½ 3½ + x a Y  + ½ c Z	(6g)	(Fe)
  B8 =	x A1 + x A2 + ½ c Z	=	x a X  + ½ c Z	(6g)	(Fe)

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This is a mirror of an old page created at the Naval Research Laboratory Center for Computational Materials Science The maintained successor is hosted at http://www.aflowlib.org/CrystalDatabase/ and published as M. Mehl et al., Comput. Mater. Sci. 136 (Supp.), S1-S828 (2017).