Crystal Lattice Structures:	Reference Date:  1 Jan 1996
	Last Modified: 21 Oct 2004

The Zincblende (B3) Structure

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• This is the cubic analog of the wurtzite lattice, i.e. the stacking of the ZnS dimers along the <111> direction is ABCABC...
• This is also a two-component analog of the diamond structure, without the inversion symmetry in the middle of the bond.

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• Prototype: ZnS
• Pearson Symbol: cF8
• Strukturbericht Designation: B3
• Space Group: F43m (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings available)
• Number: 216
• Reference: Wyckoff Vol. I, pp 108-110
• Other compounds with this Structure: AgI, AlAs, AlP, AlSb, BAs, BN, BP, BeS, BeSe, BeTe, CdS, CuBr, CuCl, CuF, CuI, GaAs, GaP, GaSb, HgS, HgSe, HgTe, INAs, InP, MnS, MnSe, SiC, ZnSe, ZnTe
• Primitive Vectors:

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

• Basis Vectors:

  B1	=	0			(Zn)	(4a)
  B2	=	¼ A1 + ¼ A2 + ¼ A3	=	¼ a X + ¼ a Y + ¼ aZ	(S)	(4c)

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