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Mg7Cd5

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003293181 · Space group: C2/m (#12)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg7Cd5
Alex-ID
agm003293181
Elements
2
Sites
12
Space group
C2/m (#12)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
269.98
ų
Cell a
4.9494
Å
Cell b
4.9016
Å
Cell c
13.2469
Å
α angle
101.44
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.32
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg7Cd5
Mg
7.00 · 58.3%
Cd
5.00 · 41.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0490
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0477
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-16.3525
eV
Raw total energy
-16.3525
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0265
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.5958
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A5B7_93_spg166

Decomposition

Mg2Cd MgCd

Computed at

2022-01-17 04:54:01.290010

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: agm003293181).

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 agm003293181
data_agm003293181
_cell_length_a     4.94943
_cell_length_b     4.90156
_cell_length_c     13.24687
_cell_angle_alpha  101.43538
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.32355
_cell_volume       269.98469
_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 0.23051 0.46102 0.67166 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.76949 0.53898 0.32834 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.06814 0.13627 0.22205 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.93186 0.86373 0.77795 1.00000
  Mg5 Mg 0.69115 0.38230 0.07909 1.00000
  Mg6 Mg 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Mg7 Mg 0.30885 0.61770 0.92091 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.14422 0.28843 0.44090 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.85578 0.71157 0.55910 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.38758 0.77516 0.17604 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.61242 0.22484 0.82396 1.00000
  Cd5 Cd 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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