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Core dictionary (coreCIF) version 2.4.5

_atom_sites_Cartn_transform_axes

Name:
'_atom_sites_Cartn_transform_axes'

Definition:

   A description of the relative alignment of the crystal cell
   axes to the  Cartesian orthogonal axes as applied in the
   transformation matrix _atom_sites_Cartn_tran_matrix_.

Example:

'a parallel to x; b in the plane of y and z'

Type: char

Category: atom_sites


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.