-    SODIUM SULFATE     -    Na2SO4

Theoretical atomic positions and lattice parameters at experimental volum starting from a structure reported in “First-principles study of high-T phases of K2SeO4”, Caracas R. and Gonze X., Phys. Rev. B, 74, 195111 (2006); Unstable structure. 

Crystal Structure 


Because of the translational symmetry all the calculations are performed in the primitive unit cell and not in the conventional unit cell. The following information regarding the structure is given with respect to this primitive unit cell, which sometimes can take an unintuitive shape.

Symmetry (experimental): 

Space group:  164  P-3m1 
Lattice parameters (Å):  6.1190  6.1190  7.9440 
Angles (°):  90.0  90.0  120.0 

Symmetry (theoretical): 

Space group:  164  P-3m1 
Lattice parameters (Å):  5.7792  5.7792  8.9058 
Angles (°):  90.0  90.0  120.0 

Cell contents: 

Number of atoms:  14 
Number of atom types: 
Chemical composition: 

Atomic positions (theoretical):

Na:  0.0000  1.0000  0.0000 
Na:  0.0000  1.0000  0.5000 
Na:  0.3333  0.6667  0.7072 
S:  0.3333  0.6667  0.3003 
O:  0.3333  0.6667  0.4659 
O:  0.1927  0.8073  0.2459 
O:  0.6146  0.8073  0.2459 
O:  0.1927  0.3854  0.2459 
Na:  0.6667  0.3333  0.2928 
S:  0.6667  0.3333  0.6997 
O:  0.6667  0.3333  0.5341 
O:  0.8073  0.1927  0.7541 
O:  0.3854  0.1927  0.7541 
O:  0.8073  0.6146  0.7541 
Atom type 

We have listed here the reduced coordinates of all the atoms in the primitive unit cell.
It is enough to know only the position of the atoms from the assymetrical unit cell and then use the symmetry to build the whole crystal structure.

Visualization of the crystal structure: 

Size:

Nx:  Ny:  Nz: 
You can define the size of the supercell to be displayed in the jmol panel as integer translations along the three crys­tallo­gra­phic axis.
Please note that the structure is represented using the pri­mi­tive cell, and not the conventional one.
   

Dielectric Properties 


We define:

  • The Born effective charges, also called dynamical charges, are tensors that correspond to the energy derivative with respect to atomic displacements and electric fields or, equivalently, to the change in atomic force due to an electric field: The sum of the Born effective charges of all nuclei in one cell must vanish, element by element, along each of the three directions of the space.
  • The dielectric tensors are the energy derivative with respect to two electric fields. They also relate the induced polarization to the external electric field.

Born effective charges (Z): 

Na: 1.1484 -0.0000 0.0000 
-0.0000 1.1484 -0.0000 
0.0000 -0.0000 1.4712 
Eig. Value: 1.1484 1.1484 1.4712 
Na: 1.2504 0.0000 -0.0000 
0.0000 1.2504 0.0000 
-0.0000 0.0000 0.9422 
Eig. Value: 1.2504 1.2504 0.9422 
Na: 1.1443 0.0000 -0.0000 
0.0000 1.1443 0.0000 
0.0000 -0.0000 0.9386 
Eig. Value: 1.1443 1.1443 0.9386 
S: 3.1016 0.0000 -0.0000 
0.0000 3.1017 0.0000 
-0.0000 0.0000 2.7507 
Eig. Value: 3.1016 3.1017 2.7507 
O: -0.9155 0.0001 0.0000 
0.0001 -0.9154 -0.0000 
0.0000 -0.0000 -1.9866 
Eig. Value: -0.9156 -0.9154 -1.9866 
O: -1.7853 0.4771 -0.3310 
0.4771 -1.2344 0.1911 
-0.3204 0.1850 -0.9698 
Eig. Value: -2.1778 -0.9589 -0.8527 
O: -1.7854 -0.4771 0.3310 
-0.4771 -1.2347 0.1911 
0.3204 0.1850 -0.9698 
Eig. Value: -2.1780 -0.9592 -0.8527 
O: -0.9592 -0.0001 -0.0000 
-0.0001 -2.0609 -0.3822 
-0.0000 -0.3700 -0.9698 
Eig. Value: -0.9592 -2.1780 -0.8527 
Na: 1.1443 0.0000 -0.0000 
0.0000 1.1443 0.0000 
0.0000 -0.0000 0.9386 
Eig. Value: 1.1443 1.1443 0.9386 
S: 3.1016 0.0000 -0.0000 
0.0000 3.1017 0.0000 
-0.0000 0.0000 2.7507 
Eig. Value: 3.1016 3.1017 2.7507 
O: -0.9155 0.0001 0.0000 
0.0001 -0.9154 -0.0000 
0.0000 -0.0000 -1.9866 
Eig. Value: -0.9156 -0.9154 -1.9866 
O: -1.7853 0.4771 -0.3310 
0.4771 -1.2344 0.1911 
-0.3204 0.1850 -0.9698 
Eig. Value: -2.1778 -0.9589 -0.8527 
O: -1.7854 -0.4771 0.3310 
-0.4771 -1.2347 0.1911 
0.3204 0.1850 -0.9698 
Eig. Value: -2.1780 -0.9592 -0.8527 
O: -0.9592 -0.0001 -0.0000 
-0.0001 -2.0609 -0.3822 
-0.0000 -0.3700 -0.9698 
Eig. Value: -0.9592 -2.1780 -0.8527 
Atom type 

Dielectric tensors: 

 
Ɛ1.9497 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0002 1.9499 0.0000 
0.0000 0.0000 1.8829 
Eig. Value: 1.9496 1.9500 1.8829 
Refractive index (N): 1.3963 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0152 1.3964 0.0000 
0.0006 0.0000 1.3722 
Eig. Value: 1.3963 1.3964 1.3722 
Ɛ00.0000 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 
Eig. Value: 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000