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Core dictionary (coreCIF) version 2.4.5

_space_group_IT_number

Name:
'_space_group_IT_number'

Definition:

   The number as assigned in International Tables for
   Crystallography Vol. A, specifying the proper affine class (i.e.
   the orientation-preserving affine class) of space groups
   (crystallographic space-group type) to which the space group
   belongs.  This number defines the space-group type but not
   the coordinate system in which it is expressed.

May appear in list containing _space_group_id
The permitted range is 1 -> 230

Related item: _symmetry_Int_Tables_number (alternate)

Type: numb

Category: space_group