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CaNi2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003201246 · Space group: Fd-3m (#227)

Basic Information

Formula
CaNi2
Alex-ID
agm003201246
Elements
2
Sites
6
Space group
Fd-3m (#227)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
93.03
ų
Cell a
5.0861
Å
Cell b
5.0861
Å
Cell c
5.0861
Å
α angle
60.00
°
β angle
60.00
°
γ angle
60.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaNi2
Ca
2.00 · 33.3%
Ni
4.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1864
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-28.2582
eV
Raw total energy
-28.2582
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0001
eV
DOS at Fermi level
5.6616
Total magnetisation
0.0007
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_1_spg227

Decomposition

CaNi2

Computed at

2021-12-02 23:10:24.216392

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: agm003201246).

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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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm003201246
data_agm003201246
_cell_length_a     5.08606
_cell_length_b     5.08606
_cell_length_c     5.08606
_cell_angle_alpha  60.00000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  60.00000
_cell_volume       93.03134
_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
  Ca1 Ca 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.75000 0.75000 0.75000 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.37500 0.37500 0.87500 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.87500 0.37500 0.37500 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.37500 0.37500 0.37500 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 0.37500 0.87500 0.37500 1.00000
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