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Mg2CdCu

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm002852201 · Space group: I-42d (#122)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg2CdCu
Alex-ID
agm002852201
Elements
3
Sites
8
Space group
I-42d (#122)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
167.52
ų
Cell a
7.7162
Å
Cell b
7.7162
Å
Cell c
6.1389
Å
α angle
51.06
°
β angle
51.06
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg2CdCu
Mg
4.00 · 50.0%
Cu
2.00 · 25.0%
Cd
2.00 · 25.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2914
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.1863
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-15.0546
eV
Raw total energy
-15.0546
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.1696
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC2_185_spg122

Decomposition

Mg2Cu MgCd MgCu2

Computed at

2017-01-04 19:53:22

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm002852201).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm002852201
data_agm002852201
_cell_length_a     7.71622
_cell_length_b     7.71622
_cell_length_c     6.13889
_cell_angle_alpha  51.06268
_cell_angle_beta   51.06268
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       167.51810
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Mg1 Mg 0.57887 0.12500 0.25000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.17113 0.62500 0.25000 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.37500 0.42113 0.75000 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.87500 0.82887 0.75000 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
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