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YGa2Ni9

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003537576 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
YGa2Ni9
Alex-ID
agm003537576
Elements
3
Sites
12
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
156.27
ų
Cell a
4.8579
Å
Cell b
4.8579
Å
Cell c
8.1444
Å
α angle
72.65
°
β angle
72.65
°
γ angle
60.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
YGa2Ni9
Y
1.00 · 8.3%
Ga
2.00 · 16.7%
Ni
9.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1212
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.2197
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-67.2129
eV
Raw total energy
-67.2129
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0003
eV
DOS at Fermi level
17.0767
Total magnetisation
0.4260
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C9_0_spg166

Decomposition

GaNi3 YNi5 YGaNi4

Computed at

2022-03-19 00:53:35.755302

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: agm003537576).

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 agm003537576
data_agm003537576
_cell_length_a     4.85786
_cell_length_b     4.85786
_cell_length_c     8.14436
_cell_angle_alpha  72.64839
_cell_angle_beta   72.64839
_cell_angle_gamma  60.00000
_cell_volume       156.26655
_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
  Y1 Y 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ga1 Ga 0.85799 0.85799 0.42604 1.00000
  Ga2 Ga 0.14201 0.14201 0.57396 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.66588 0.66588 0.00237 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.33412 0.33412 0.99763 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 0.40974 0.40974 0.26129 1.00000
  Ni5 Ni 0.91923 0.40974 0.26129 1.00000
  Ni6 Ni 0.40974 0.91923 0.26129 1.00000
  Ni7 Ni 0.59026 0.59026 0.73871 1.00000
  Ni8 Ni 0.59026 0.08077 0.73871 1.00000
  Ni9 Ni 0.08077 0.59026 0.73871 1.00000
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