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Mg3Cd2

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Alex-ID: agm003193402 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg3Cd2
Alex-ID
agm003193402
Elements
2
Sites
5
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
112.87
ų
Cell a
13.5042
Å
Cell b
13.5042
Å
Cell c
13.5042
Å
α angle
13.27
°
β angle
13.27
°
γ angle
13.27
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg3Cd2
Mg
3.00 · 60.0%
Cd
2.00 · 40.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0980
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.0031
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-6.6155
eV
Raw total energy
-6.6155
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0362
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.8453
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A2B3_74_spg166

Decomposition

Mg2Cd MgCd

Computed at

2021-12-04 23:49:41

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: agm003193402).

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}
}

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm003193402
data_agm003193402
_cell_length_a     13.50419
_cell_length_b     13.50419
_cell_length_c     13.50419
_cell_angle_alpha  13.26971
_cell_angle_beta   13.26971
_cell_angle_gamma  13.26971
_cell_volume       112.86821
_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 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.19991 0.19991 0.19991 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.80009 0.80009 0.80009 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.39987 0.39987 0.39987 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.60013 0.60013 0.60013 1.00000
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