Crystal Lattice Structures:	Creation Date: 29 Aug 2000
	Last Modified: 21 Oct 2004

The Tenorite (CuO, B26) 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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• When a=b=c and β = 90° the Copper atoms are on the sites of an fcc lattice.

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• Prototype: CuO
• Pearson Symbol: mC8
• Strukturbericht Designation: B26
• Space Group: C2/c (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings available)
• Number: 15
• Other compounds with this structure: AgO
• Primitive Vectors:

  A1	=	½ a X - ½ b Y
  A2	=	½ a X + ½ b Y
  A3	=	c cos(β) X + c sin(β) Z

• Basis Vectors:

  B1	=	½ A2	=	¼ a X + ¼ b Y	(Cu)	(4c)
  B2	=	½ A1 + ½ A3	=	[¼ a + ½ c cos(β)] X - ¼ b Y + ½ c sin(β) Z	(Cu)	(4c)
  B3	=	- y A1 + y A2 + ¼ A3	=	+ ¼ c cos(β) X + y b Y + ¼ c sin(β) Z	(O)	(4e)
  B4	=	+ y A1 - y A2 - ¼ A3	=	- ¼ c cos(β) X - y b Y - ¼ c sin(β) Z	(O)	(4e)

See these vectors in LaTex output format.

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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).