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Symmetry Elements of the 2D Space Groups
glide line2, 3, 4, 6 – fold axes
Unit cell edgemirror line
2
Highestorder
rotation
Has reflection?
Yes No
6-fold p6m p6
4-foldHas mirrors at 45°?
p4Yes: p4m No: p4g
3-foldHas rot. centre off mirrors?
p3Yes: p31m No: p3m1
2-fold
Has perpendicular reflections?Has glide reflection?
Yes No
Has rot. centre off mirrors?pmg Yes: pgg No: p2
Yes: cmm No: pmm
noneHas glide axis off mirrors? Has glide reflection?
Yes: cm No: pm Yes: pg No: p1
Find the plane groups in the following 10 patterns marked in the yellow squares (for 1 and 2 the same pattern is shown more than once to help you in seeing/finding the plane group). Draw the unit cell in the each pattern and show the mirror and/or the glide lines accordingly.
1. 1.
Pictures taken by Anke Zurn at Topkapi Palast, Istanbul
p4mm
2.
2.
Pictures taken by Anke Zurn at Topkapi Palast, Istanbul
No mirrors!
2.
Pictures taken by Anke Zurn at Topkapi Palast, Istanbul
p6 No mirrors!
kiosk, close to TopkapiPalast;Istanbul, 2009
3.
p6mm
Bamboo basket image source: http://www.fz-juelich.de (modified)
Basket waving: kagome net
4.p6
Kagome network
10
6.
p4
7.
p4gm
8.
p31m
9.
cmm2
10.
cm