Crystal Lattice Structures:	Reference Date:  1 Sep 1995
	Last Modified: 21 Oct 2004

The Body Centered Cubic (A2) Lattice

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• Prototype: W
• Pearson Symbol: cI2
• Strukturbericht Designation: A2
• Space Group: Im3m (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings available)
• Number: 229
• Other Elements with this Structure: Li (at room temp.), Na, K, V, Cr, Fe, Rb, Nb, Mo, Cs, Ba, Eu, Ta
• Reference: Ashcroft and Mermin, p. 70.
• Primitive Vectors:

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

• Basis Vector:

  B1 = 0

  (W)

  (2a)

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Structures indexed by: Strukturbericht Symbol Pearson Symbol Space Group Prototype

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