Open AccessNomenclature of polytype structures. Report of the International Union of Crystallography Ad hoc Committee on the Nomenclature of Disordered, Modulated and Polytype Structures
Author(s) -
Guinier Chairman A.,
Bokij G. B.,
BollDornberger K.,
Cowley J. M.,
S.,
Cox D. E.,
Jagodzinski H.,
Krishna P.,
De Wolff P. M.,
Zvyagin B. B.,
Goodman P.,
Hahn Th.,
Kuchitsu K.,
Abrahams S. C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-5724
pISSN - 0108-7673
DOI - 10.1107/s0108767384000842
Subject(s) - nomenclature , notation , crystallography , computer science , mathematics , chemistry , taxonomy (biology) , biology , arithmetic , zoology
An earlier report [Acta Cryst. (1977), A33, 681-684] by a joint IUCr-IMA committee on the nomenclature of polytypism has been revised and extended. Two kinds of symbolism are recommended for use with either simple or complicated polytypic structures. The first consists of 'indicative symbols' in a modified Gard notation, the second of 'descriptive symbols' based on earlier proposals by Dornberger-Schiff, I)urovi~ and Zvyagin. The polytypism of ZnS and SrGeO3 provides examples for the use of descriptive symbolism.