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Ca3Al

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003229880 · Space group: Pmmn (#59)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca3Al
Alex-ID
agm003229880
Elements
2
Sites
24
Space group
Pmmn (#59)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
757.04
ų
Cell a
6.2267
Å
Cell b
7.2168
Å
Cell c
16.8467
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca3Al
Al
6.00 · 25.0%
Ca
18.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0860
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0595
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-59.9393
eV
Raw total energy
-59.9393
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
17.5958
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3_1014_spg59

Decomposition

Ca8Al3 Ca

Computed at

2021-12-10 16:45:43.384679

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: agm003229880).

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 agm003229880
data_agm003229880
_cell_length_a     6.22671
_cell_length_b     7.21681
_cell_length_c     16.84667
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       757.03898
_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
  Al1 Al 0.69663 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.69776 0.25000 0.41671 1.00000
  Al3 Al 0.69776 0.25000 0.08329 1.00000
  Al4 Al 0.30337 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Al5 Al 0.30224 0.75000 0.91671 1.00000
  Al6 Al 0.30224 0.75000 0.58329 1.00000
  Ca1 Ca 0.16600 0.99955 0.41662 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.16600 0.99955 0.08338 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.16599 0.99977 0.75000 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.83401 0.00023 0.25000 1.00000
  Ca5 Ca 0.83400 0.00045 0.91662 1.00000
  Ca6 Ca 0.83400 0.00045 0.58338 1.00000
  Ca7 Ca 0.37362 0.25000 0.25000 1.00000
  Ca8 Ca 0.37340 0.25000 0.91679 1.00000
  Ca9 Ca 0.37340 0.25000 0.58321 1.00000
  Ca10 Ca 0.16600 0.50045 0.41662 1.00000
  Ca11 Ca 0.16600 0.50045 0.08338 1.00000
  Ca12 Ca 0.16599 0.50023 0.75000 1.00000
  Ca13 Ca 0.83401 0.49977 0.25000 1.00000
  Ca14 Ca 0.83400 0.49955 0.91662 1.00000
  Ca15 Ca 0.83400 0.49955 0.58338 1.00000
  Ca16 Ca 0.62638 0.75000 0.75000 1.00000
  Ca17 Ca 0.62660 0.75000 0.41679 1.00000
  Ca18 Ca 0.62660 0.75000 0.08321 1.00000
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