Serial reflection conditions

Conditions de réflexion sériales (Fr). Condizioni di riflessione seriali (It)

Definition

The serial reflection conditions are the general reflection conditions due to the presence of screw axes. The resulting conditions apply only to one-dimensional sets of reflections, i.e. reciprocal-lattice rows containing the origin (such as h00, 0k0, 00l). For instance, for a screw axis parallel to [001], the reflection conditions are:

type of reflection	reflection condition	screw vector	screw axis
00l	l = 2 n	c/2	21; 42
	l = 4 n	c/4	41; 43
000l	l = 2 n	c/2	63
	l = 3 n	c/3	41; 31; 32; 62; 64
	l = 6 n	c/6	61;65

The serial reflection conditions are listed in Table 2.2.13.2 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A.

See also

• reflection conditions
• Section 2.1.3.3 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A, 6^th edition