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Er3FeNi8

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Alex-ID: agm003586166 · Space group: R3m (#160)

Basic Information

Formula
Er3FeNi8
Alex-ID
agm003586166
Elements
3
Sites
12
Space group
R3m (#160)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
171.65
ų
Cell a
4.9515
Å
Cell b
4.9515
Å
Cell c
8.5751
Å
α angle
73.22
°
β angle
73.22
°
γ angle
60.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Er3FeNi8
Er
3.00 · 25.0%
Fe
1.00 · 8.3%
Ni
8.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0667
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3473
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-72.5897
eV
Raw total energy
-72.5897
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0058
eV
DOS at Fermi level
10.2242
Total magnetisation
4.3291
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C8_193_spg160

Decomposition

ErNi2 ErNi3 Fe

Computed at

2022-04-03 12:15:40.597125

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: agm003586166).

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 agm003586166
data_agm003586166
_cell_length_a     4.95146
_cell_length_b     4.95146
_cell_length_c     8.57510
_cell_angle_alpha  73.21917
_cell_angle_beta   73.21917
_cell_angle_gamma  60.00000
_cell_volume       171.65356
_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
  Er1 Er 0.37740 0.37740 0.86780 1.00000
  Er2 Er 0.98959 0.98959 0.03122 1.00000
  Er3 Er 0.50711 0.50711 0.47867 1.00000
  Fe1 Fe 0.86560 0.86560 0.40320 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.93948 0.43633 0.18785 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.44192 0.93926 0.67957 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.43633 0.43633 0.18785 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 0.93926 0.93926 0.67957 1.00000
  Ni5 Ni 0.18913 0.18913 0.43261 1.00000
  Ni6 Ni 0.68858 0.68858 0.93425 1.00000
  Ni7 Ni 0.43633 0.93948 0.18785 1.00000
  Ni8 Ni 0.93926 0.44192 0.67957 1.00000
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