§1.4.2 空间群的确定
注意事项:
(1)、在
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消光类型时,应从格子类型、滑移面、螺旋轴的顺序分析。因为一种消光规
律可能会掩盖另一种消光规律。如体心格子,则有 h+k+l=2n,这就意味着 hk0中,必有 h+k=2n;
0kl中,k+l=2n;h0l中,h+l=2n。同时在 h00中,必有 h=2n;0k0中, k=2n;00l中,l=2n。
这时并不能确定在三个轴向上是否真正存在 n 滑移面和 21螺旋轴,所以像空间群 I222 与
I212121就无法用系统消光来区别它们。
(2)、仅从消光规律,一般无法确定晶体是否含有旋转轴、对称面或对称中心。在 230个
空间群中,只有 50 个空间群(如 P21/c、P212121) 与消光规律具有一一对应关系,可以根据
消光规律毫不含糊地确定它们。而剩余的 180 个空间群与消光规律之间不具有一一对应关
系,一种消光规律可对应于两个或两个以上的空间群,如 I222、Immm、Imm2 和 I212121,
这四个空间群具有完全相同的系统消光。这 180个空间群分属于 72种消光规律,所以根据
消光规律只能把 230个空间群区分成 122种衍射群(diffraction symbols)。
一些比较特殊的情况有,如平行(100)、(010)和(001)取向的 d滑移面只出现在正交晶系和
立方晶系的面心格子(oF, cF)中, 由于面心格子要求 hkl 满足全是奇数或全是偶数,因此,d
滑移面所要求的 4n,则意味着 h=2n、k=2n和(或)l=2n,在表 2中用圆括号(h, k=2n)、(h, l=2n)
或(k, l=2n)表示之。对于四方原始格子(tP),如 hhl和 h‐hl中存在 l=2n,则意味着在 c轴方向
交替存在 c和n滑移面。习惯上不管原点取在何处,在空间群国际
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中只用 c滑移面来表示,如 P4cc (No.103), P‐42c(No.112)和 P4/nnc (No.126)。而在立方晶系,
如 hhl和 h‐hl中,存在 l=2n衍射条件,则意味着 c轴方向交替存在 c和 n滑移面(其它等效
方向类同),在空间群国际标准符号中依据原点所选取的位置是否含有 c 或 n 滑移面,分别
定为对应的滑移面,如原点选在 n 滑移面上的有空间群 P‐43n(No.218)、Pn‐3n(No. 222)和
Pm‐3n (No.223),相反原点选 c滑移面上的空间群有F‐43c(No. 219)、Fm‐3c (No.226)和Fd‐3c(No.
228)。
表 1 不同格子类型与 hkl衍射条件的关系
格子类型 点阵点分布特征 hkl衍射条件
P(原始格子) (0,0,0)+ ; 下同(省略) 无限制
I(体心格子) (1/2,1/2,1/2)+; h + k + l = 2n
F(面心格子) (0,1/2,1/2)+; (1/2,0,1/2)+; (1/2,1/2,0)+; k + l = 2n, h + l = 2n, h + k = 2n
A(底心格子) (0,1/2,1/2)+; k + l = 2n
B(底心格子) (1/2,0,1/2)+; h + l = 2n
C(底心格子) (1/2,1/2,0)+; h + k = 2n
R(菱面体格子) (2/3,1/3,1/3)+; (1/3,2/3,2/3)+; ‐h + k + l = 3n (正定向)
R(菱面体格子) (1/3,2/3,1/3)+; (2/3,1/3,2/3)+; h ‐ k + l = 3n (负定向)
表 2 滑移面与衍射条件的关系
滑移面 滑移距离 符号 衍射类型 衍射条件 晶系
(100) b/2 b 0kl k = 2n 斜方/立方(b‐‐)、四方(‐b‐)
(100) c/2 c 0kl l = 2n 斜方/立方(c‐‐)、四方(‐c‐)
(100) (b + c)/2 n 0kl k + l = 2n 斜方/立方(n‐‐)、四方(‐n‐)
(100) (b ± c)/4 d 0kl k + l = 4n, (h,l=2n) 斜方/立方(d‐‐) (F格子)
(010) a/2 a h0l h = 2n 单斜/斜方/四方/(‐a‐)、立方(a‐‐)
(010) c/2 c h0l l = 2n 单斜/斜方/四方/(‐c‐)、立方(c‐‐)
(010) (a + c)/2 n h0l h + l = 2n 单斜/斜方/四方/(‐n‐)、立方(n‐‐)
(010) (a ± c)/4 d h0l h + l = 4n, (k,l=2n) 斜方(‐d‐)、立方(d‐‐)(F格子)
(001) a/2 a hk0 h = 2n 斜方(‐‐a)、四方/立方(a‐‐)
(001) b/2 b hk0 k= 2n 斜方(‐‐b)、四方/立方(b‐‐)
(001) (a + b)/2 n hk0 h + k = 2n 斜方(‐‐n)、四方/立方(n‐‐)
(001) (a ± b)/4 d hk0 h + k = 4n, (k,l=2n) 斜方(‐‐d)、立方(d‐‐)(F格子)
(11‐20) c/2 c h‐h0l l = 2n 三方/六方(‐c‐), ⊥[110]或 d轴
(‐2110) c/2 c 0k‐kl l = 2n 三方/六方(‐c‐), ⊥[100]或 a轴
(1‐210) c/2 c ‐h0hl l = 2n 三方/六方(‐c‐),⊥[010]或 b轴
(1‐100) c/2 c hh.‐2h.l l = 2n 三方/六方(‐‐c), ⊥[1‐10]或//dc面
(01‐10) c/2 c ‐2h.hhl l = 2n 三方/六方(‐‐c), ⊥[120]或//ac面
(‐1010) c/2 c h.‐2h.hl l = 2n 三方/六方(‐‐c), ⊥[210]或//bc面
(110),(1‐10) c/2 c, n hhl,h‐hl l = 2n 四方(‐‐c)*、立方(‐‐n)
(110),(1‐10) (a ± b ± c)/4 d hhl,h‐hl 2h + l =4n 四方/立方(‐‐d)
(011),(01‐1) a/2 a, n hkk,hk‐k h = 2n 立方(‐‐n) , 立方(‐‐a)(F格子)
(011),(01‐1) (±a + b± c)/4 d hkk,hk‐k 2k + h =4n 立方(‐‐d)
(101),(‐101) b/2 b, n hkh,‐hkh k= 2n 立方(‐‐n), 立方(‐‐b)(F格子)
(101),(‐101) (±a ± b+ c)/4 d hkh,‐hkh 2h + k=4n 立方(‐‐d)
表 3 螺旋轴与衍射条件的关系
方向 平移距离 符号 衍射类型 衍射条件 晶系
[100] a/2 21 h00 h = 2n 斜方/立方(21‐‐)、四方(‐21‐)
[100] a/2 42 h00 h = 2n 立方(42‐‐)
[100] a/4 41, 43 h00 h = 4n 立方(41‐‐)/(43‐‐)
[010] b/2 21 0k0 k = 2n 斜方/四方(‐21‐)、立方(21‐‐)
[010] b/2 42 0k0 k = 2n 立方(42‐‐)
[010] b/4 41, 43 0k0 k = 4n 立方(41‐‐)/(43‐‐)
[001] c/2 21 00l l = 2n 斜方(‐‐21)、四方(‐21‐)、立方(21‐‐)
[001] c/2 42 00l l = 2n 立方(42‐‐)
[001] c/4 41,43 00l l = 4n 立方(41‐‐/43‐‐)
[001] c/2 63 000l l = 2n 六方(63‐‐)
[001] c/3 31, 32, 62, 64 000l l = 3n 三方(31‐‐/32‐‐)、六方(62‐‐/64‐‐)
[001] c/6 61, 65 000l l = 6n 六方(61‐‐/65‐‐)
2.2. Contents and arrangement of the tables
BY TH. HAHN AND A. LOOIJENGA-VOS
2.2.1. General layout
The presentation of the plane-group and space-group data in Parts 6
and 7 follows the style of the previous editions of International
Tables. The entries for a space group are printed on two facing
pages as shown below; an example (Cmm2, No. 35) is provided
inside the front and back covers. Deviations from this standard
sequence (mainly for cubic space groups) are indicated on the
relevant pages.
Left-hand page:
(1) Headline
(2) Diagrams for the symmetry elements and the general
position (for graphical symbols of symmetry elements see
Chapter 1.4)
(3) Origin
(4) Asymmetric unit
(5) Symmetry operations
Right-hand page:
(6) Headline in abbreviated form
(7) Generators selected; this information is the basis for the
order of the entries under Symmetry operations and
Positions
(8) General and special Positions, with the following
columns:
Multiplicity
Wyckoff letter
Site symmetry, given by the oriented site-symmetry
symbol
Coordinates
Reflection conditions
Note: In a few space groups, two special positions with
the same reflection conditions are printed on the same
line
(9) Symmetry of special projections (not given for plane
groups)
(10) Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups
(11) Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index
(12) Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups
Note: Symbols for Lattice complexes of the plane groups and space
groups are given in Tables 14.2.3.1 and 14.2.3.2. Normalizers of
space groups are listed in Part 15.
2.2.2. Space groups with more than one description
For several space groups, more than one description is available.
Three cases occur:
(i) Two choices of origin (cf. Section 2.2.7)
For all centrosymmetric space groups, the tables contain a
description with a centre of symmetry as origin. Some centrosym-
metric space groups, however, contain points of high site symmetry
that do not coincide with a centre of symmetry. For these 24 cases, a
further description (including diagrams) with a high-symmetry
point as origin is provided. Neither of the two origin choices is
considered standard. Noncentrosymmetric space groups and all
plane groups are described with only one choice of origin.
Examples
(1) Pnnn (48)
Origin choice 1 at a point with site symmetry 222
Origin choice 2 at a centre with site symmetry �1.
(2) Fd�3m �227�
Origin choice 1 at a point with site symmetry �43m
Origin choice 2 at a centre with site symmetry �3m.
(ii) Monoclinic space groups
Two complete descriptions are given for each of the 13
monoclinic space groups, one for the setting with ‘unique axis b’,
followed by one for the setting with ‘unique axis c’.
Additional descriptions in synoptic form are provided for the
following eight monoclinic space groups with centred lattices or
glide planes:
C2 �5�, Pc �7�, Cm �8�, Cc �9�, C2�m �12�, P2�c �13�,
P21�c �14�, C2�c �15�.
These synoptic descriptions consist of abbreviated treatments for
three ‘cell choices’, here called ‘cell choices 1, 2 and 3’. Cell choice
1 corresponds to the complete treatment, mentioned above; for
comparative purposes, it is repeated among the synoptic descrip-
tions which, for each setting, are printed on two facing pages. The
cell choices and their relations are explained in Section 2.2.16.
(iii) Rhombohedral space groups
The seven rhombohedral space groups R3 (146), R�3 �148�, R32
(155), R3m (160), R3c (161), R�3m (166), and R�3c (167) are
described with two coordinate systems, first with hexagonal axes
(triple hexagonal cell) and second with rhombohedral axes
(primitive rhombohedral cell). For both descriptions, the same
space-group symbol is used. The relations between the cell
parameters of the two cells are listed in Chapter 2.1.
The hexagonal triple cell is given in the obverse setting (centring
points 23 ,
1
3 ,
1
3 �
1
3 ,
2
3 ,
2
3). In IT (1935), the reverse setting (centring
points 13 ,
2
3 ,
1
3 �
2
3 ,
1
3 ,
2
3) was employed; cf. Chapter 1.2.
2.2.3. Headline
The description of each plane group or space group starts with a
headline on a left-hand page, consisting of two (sometimes three)
lines which contain the following information, when read from left
to right.
First line
(1) The short international (Hermann–Mauguin) symbol for the
plane or space group. These symbols will be further referred to
as Hermann–Mauguin symbols. A detailed discussion of space-
group symbols is given in Chapter 12.2, a brief summary in
Section 2.2.4.
Note on standard monoclinic space-group symbols: In order to
facilitate recognition of a monoclinic space-group type, the
familiar short symbol for the b-axis setting (e.g. P21�c for No.
14 or C2�c for No. 15) has been adopted as the standard
symbol for a space-group type. It appears in the headline of
every description of this space group and thus does not carry
any information about the setting or the cell choice of this
particular description. No other short symbols for monoclinic
space groups are used in this volume (cf. Section 2.2.16).
(2) The Schoenflies symbol for the space group.
Note: No Schoenflies symbols exist for the plane groups.
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(3) The short international (Hermann–Mauguin) symbol for the
point group to which the plane or space group belongs (cf.
Chapter 12.1).
(4) The name of the crystal system (cf. Table 2.1.2.1).
Second line
(5) The sequential number of the plane or space group, as
introduced in IT (1952).
(6) The full international (Hermann–Mauguin) symbol for the plane
or space group.
For monoclinic space groups, the headline of every
description contains the full symbol appropriate to that
description.
(7) The Patterson symmetry (see Section 2.2.5).
Third line
This line is used, where appropriate, to indicate origin choices,
settings, cell choices and coordinate axes (see Section 2.2.2). For
five orthorhombic space groups, an entry ‘Former space-group
symbol’ is given; cf. Chapter 1.3, Note (x).
2.2.4. International (Hermann–Mauguin) symbols for
plane groups and space groups (cf. Chapter 12.2)
2.2.4.1. Present symbols
Both the short and the full Hermann–Mauguin symbols consist of
two parts: (i) a letter indicating the centring type of the conventional
cell, and (ii) a set of characters indicating symmetry elements of the
space group (modified point-group symbol).
(i) The letters for the centring types of cells are listed in Chapter
1.2. Lower-case letters are used for two dimensions (nets), capital
letters for three dimensions (lattices).
(ii) The one, two or three entries after the centring letter refer to
the one, two or three kinds of symmetry directions of the lattice
belonging to the space group. These symmetry directions were
called blickrichtungen by Heesch (1929). Symmetry directions
occur either as singular directions (as in the monoclinic and
orthorhombic crystal systems) or as sets of symmetrically
equivalent symmetry directions (as in the higher-symmetrical
crystal systems). Only one representative of each set is required.
The (sets of) symmetry directions and their sequence for the
different lattices are summarized in Table 2.2.4.1. According to
their position in this sequence, the symmetry directions are referred
to as ‘primary’, ‘secondary’ and ‘tertiary’ directions.
This sequence of lattice symmetry directions is transferred to the
sequence of positions in the corresponding Hermann–Mauguin
space-group symbols. Each position contains one or two characters
designating symmetry elements (axes and planes) of the space
group (cf. Chapter 1.3) that occur for the corresponding lattice
symmetry direction. Symmetry planes are represented by their
normals; if a symmetry axis and a normal to a symmetry plane are
parallel, the two characters (symmetry symbols) are separated by a
slash, as in P63�m or P2�m (‘two over m’).
For the different crystal lattices, the Hermann–Mauguin space-
group symbols have the following form:
(i) Triclinic lattices have no symmetry direction because they
have, in addition to translations, only centres of symmetry, �1. Thus,
only two triclinic space groups, P1 (1) and P�1 �2�, exist.
(ii) Monoclinic lattices have one symmetry direction. Thus, for
monoclinic space groups, only one position after the centring letter
is needed. This is used in the short Hermann–Mauguin symbols, as
in P21. Conventionally, the symmetry direction is labelled either b
(‘unique axis b’) or c (‘unique axis c’).
In order to distinguish between the different settings, the full
Hermann–Mauguin symbol contains two extra entries ‘1’. They
indicate those two axial directions that are not symmetry directions
of the lattice. Thus, the symbols P121, P112 and P211 show that the
b axis, c axis and a axis, respectively, is the unique axis. Similar
considerations apply to the three rectangular plane groups pm, pg
and cm (e.g. plane group No. 5: short symbol cm, full symbol c1m1
or c11m).
(iii) Rhombohedral lattices have two kinds of symmetry
directions. Thus, the symbols of the seven rhombohedral space
groups contain only two entries after the letter R, as in R3m or R3c.
(iv) Orthorhombic, tetragonal, hexagonal and cubic lattices have
three kinds of symmetry directions. Hence, the corresponding
space-group symbols have three entries after the centring letter, as
in Pmna, P3m1, P6cc or Ia�3d.
Lattice symmetry directions that carry no symmetry elements for
the space group under consideration are represented by the symbol
‘1’, as in P3m1 and P31m. If no misinterpretation is possible, entries
‘1’ at the end of a space-group symbol are omitted, as in P6 (instead
of P611), R�3 (instead of R�31), I41 (instead of I4111), F23 (instead
of F231); similarly for the plane groups.
Table 2.2.4.1. Lattice symmetry directions for two and three
dimensions
Directions that belong to the same set of equivalent symmetry directions are
collected between braces. The first entry in each set is taken as the
representative of that set.
Lattice
Symmetry direction (position in Hermann–
Mauguin symbol)
Primary Secondary Tertiary
Two dimensions
Oblique Rotation
point
in planeRectangular [10] [01]
Square �10�
�01�
� � �1�1�
�11�
� �
Hexagonal �10�
�01�
��1�1�
��
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��
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�1�1�
�12�
��2�1�
��
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Three dimensions
Triclinic None
Monoclinic* [010] (‘unique axis b’)
[001] (‘unique axis c’)
Orthorhombic [100] [010] [001]
Tetragonal [001] �100�
�010�
� � �1�10�
�110�
� �
Hexagonal [001] �100�
�010�
��1�10�
��
�
��
�
�1�10�
�120�
��2�10�
��
�
��
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Rhombohedral
(hexagonal axes)
[001] �100�
�010�
��1�10�
��
�
��
�
Rhombohedral
�rhombohedral axes�
[111] �1�10�
�01�1�
��101�
��
�
��
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Cubic �100�
�010�
�001�
��
�
��
�
�111�
�1�1�1�
��11�1�
��1�11�
� �
�
� �
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�1�10� �110�
�01�1� �011�
��101� �101�
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* For the full Hermann–Mauguin symbols see Section 2.2.4.1.
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2. GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE SPACE-GROUP TABLES
Short and full Hermann–Mauguin symbols differ only for the
plane groups of class m, for the monoclinic space groups, and for the
space groups of crystal classes mmm, 4�mmm, �3m, 6�mmm, m�3 and
m�3m. In the full symbols, symmetry axes and symmetry planes for
each symmetry direction are listed; in the short symbols, symmetry
axes are suppressed as much as possible. Thus, for space group No.
62, the full symbol is P21�n 21�m 21�a and the short symbol is
Pnma. For No. 194, the full symbol is P63�m 2�m 2�c and the short
symbol is P63�mmc. For No. 230, the two symbols are I41�a �3 2�d
and Ia�3d.
Many space groups contain more kinds of symmetry elements
than are indicated in the full symbol (‘additional symmetry
elements’, cf. Chapter 4.1). A complete listing of the symmetry
elements is given in Tables 4.2.1.1 and 4.3.2.1 under the heading
Extended full symbols. Note that a centre of symmetry is never
explicitly indicated (except for space group P�1); its presence
or absence, however, can be readily inferred from the space-group
symbol.
2.2.4.2. Changes in Hermann–Mauguin space-group symbols
as compared with the 1952 and 1935 editions of
International Tables
Extensive changes in the space-group symbols were applied in IT
(1952) as compared with the original Hermann–Mauguin symbols
of IT (1935), especially in the tetragonal, trigonal and hexagonal
crystal systems. Moreover, new symbols for the c-axis setting of
monoclinic space groups were introduced. All these changes are
recorded on pp. 51 and 543–544 of IT (1952). In the present edition,
the symbols of the 1952 edition are retained, except for the
following four cases (cf. Chapter 12.4).
(i) Two-dimensional groups
Short Hermann–Mauguin symbols differing from the corre-
sponding full symbols in IT (1952) are replaced by the full symbols
for the listed plane groups in Table 2.2.4.2.
For the two-dimensional point group with two mutually
perpendicular mirror lines, the symbol mm is changed to 2mm.
For plane group No. 2, the entries ‘1’ at the end of the full symbol
are omitted:
No. 2: Change from p211 to p2.
With these changes, the symbols of the two-dimensional groups
follow the rules that were introduced in IT (1952) for the space
groups.
(ii) Monoclinic space groups
Additional full Hermann–Mauguin symbols are introduced for
the eight monoclinic space groups with centred lattices or glide
planes (Nos. 5, 7–9, 12–15) to indicate the various settings and cell
choices. A complete list of symbols, including also the a-axis
setting, is contained in Table 4.3.2.1; further details are given in
Section 2.2.16.
For standard short monoclinic space-group symbols see Sections
2.2.3 and 2.2.16.
(iii) Cubic groups
The short symbols for all space groups belonging to the two cubic
crystal classes m�3 and m�3m now contain the symbol �3 instead of 3.
This applies to space groups Nos. 200–206 and 221–230, as well
as to the two point groups m�3 and m�3m.
Examples
No. 205: Change from Pa3 to Pa�3
No. 230: Change from Ia3d to Ia�3d.
With this change, the centrosymmetric nature of these groups is
apparent also in the short symbols.
(iv) Glide-plane symbol e
For the recent introduction of the ‘double glide plane’ e into five
space-group symbols, see Chapter 1.3, Note (x).
2.2.5. Patterson symmetry
The entry Patterson symmetry in the headline gives the space group
of the Patterson function P(x, y, z). With neglect of anomalous
dispersion, this function is defined by the formula
P�x, y, z� � 1
V
h
k
l
�F�hkl��2 cos 2��hx� ky� lz��
The Patterson function represents the convolution of a structure
with its inverse or the pair-correlation function of a structure. A
detailed discussion of its use for structure determination is given by
Buerger (1959). The space group of the Patterson function is
identical to that of the ‘vector set’ of the structure, and is thus
always centrosymmetric and symmorphic.*
The symbol for the Patterson space group of a crystal structure
can be deduced from that of its space group in two steps:
(i) Glide planes and screw axes have to be replaced by the
corresponding mirror planes and rotation axes, resulting in a
symmorphic space group.
(ii) If this symmorphic space group is not centrosymmetric,
inversions have to be added.
There are 7 different Patterson symmetries in two dimensions
and 24 in three dimensions. They are listed in Table 2.2.5.1.
Account is taken of the fact that the Laue class �3m combines in two
ways with the hexagonal translation lattice, namely as �3m1 and as
�31m.
Note: For the four orthorhombic space groups with A cells (Nos.
38–41), the standard symbol for their Patterson symmetry,
Cmmm, is added (between parentheses) after the actual symbol
Ammm in the space-group tables.
The ‘point group part’ of the symbol of the Patterson symmetry
represents the Laue class to which the plane group or space group
belongs (cf. Table 2.1.2.1). In the absence of anomalous dispersion,
the Laue class of a crystal expresses the point symmetry of its
diffraction record, i.e. the symmetry of the reciprocal lattice
weighted with I(hkl).
Table 2.2.4.2. Changes in Hermann–Mauguin symbols for two-
dimensional groups
No. IT (1952)
Present
edition
6 pmm p2mm
7 pmg p2mg
8 pgg p2gg
9 cmm c2mm
11 p4m p4mm
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