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- etc. The
- faces are at central distances of 0.501 of the dimensions of the unit cell if
- the h index is positive, or 0.499 if negative (if h is zero, k is used; and if
- k is zero, l is used). Thus the volume enclosed is that of the unit cell with
- the origin at the center.
-
- [B.3.3.2] ENTER FORMS.
-
- With this option you can set the boundaries of a structure to be any rational
- faces consistent with the crystal system. You do not need to enter every
- individual face; you can enter any one of the faces of a symmetry-equivalent
- set (form), and the remainder will be supplied by symmetry. You can use the
- full symmetry of the crystal class (point group), but you may also elect to
- use a lower symmetry (center of inversion only, or no symmetry at all) to have
- more flexibility in the volume defined.
-
- You are asked whether you want to use individual central distances for each
- atom. If you do, you will be prompted for the boundary distances during atom
- input - the distance entered for each form in this section will then be used
- only for display of the crystal edges and not for limiting the number of
- atoms. There is a limit of six forms (not faces) if you choose individual
- atom boundary distances.
-
- Keep in mind that there may be alterate orientations of symmetry elements with
- respect to structure axes, and the indices of faces in a standard
- morphological setting may be different from those in the setting of a
- particular space group. See section IV-5 for further details of variant
- orientations.
-
- Form indices are best entered all on one line, with h, k, l, and the central
- distance separated by spaces, although you can press enter after each number.
- The CENTRAL DISTANCE is the perpendicular distance, in Angstroms, from the
- center of the structure to the faces of the form in question: the greater the
- distance, the less prominent the form (the smaller the area of the faces) and
- the greater the number of atoms which will be included. Decimal values may be
- used for the distances, but not for the indices. To end the list of forms,
- enter 99 for the h index, and complete the line with three zeroes (if you
- should ever have to enter a real form with 99 for the h index, enter 198 and
- double the other two indices).
-
- For hexagonal and trigonal crystals with hexagonal axes, four indices, hkil,
- are commmonly used, but one of the first three is redundant. In ATOMS, you
- must omit the third, or i index.
-
- [B.3.3.3] SLICE.
-
- This gives a section of a crystal structure parallel to a given face,