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CaDy3Al8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003587477 · Space group: R3m (#160)

Basic Information

Formula
CaDy3Al8
Alex-ID
agm003587477
Elements
3
Sites
12
Space group
R3m (#160)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
245.89
ų
Cell a
5.5753
Å
Cell b
5.5753
Å
Cell c
9.6847
Å
α angle
73.27
°
β angle
73.27
°
γ angle
60.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaDy3Al8
Ca
1.00 · 8.3%
Dy
3.00 · 25.0%
Al
8.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0161
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.4589
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-51.2844
eV
Raw total energy
-51.2844
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
8.6389
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C8_29_spg160

Decomposition

DyAl2 CaAl2

Computed at

2022-04-03 08:15:58.213992

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: agm003587477).

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 agm003587477
data_agm003587477
_cell_length_a     5.57534
_cell_length_b     5.57534
_cell_length_c     9.68466
_cell_angle_alpha  73.27109
_cell_angle_beta   73.27109
_cell_angle_gamma  60.00000
_cell_volume       245.88792
_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 0.87527 0.87527 0.37420 1.00000
  Dy1 Dy 0.37496 0.37496 0.87512 1.00000
  Dy2 Dy 0.99927 0.99927 0.00220 1.00000
  Dy3 Dy 0.50023 0.50023 0.49931 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.93971 0.43808 0.18413 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.43497 0.93728 0.69047 1.00000
  Al3 Al 0.43808 0.43808 0.18413 1.00000
  Al4 Al 0.93728 0.93728 0.69047 1.00000
  Al5 Al 0.18760 0.18760 0.43720 1.00000
  Al6 Al 0.68728 0.68728 0.93817 1.00000
  Al7 Al 0.43808 0.93971 0.18413 1.00000
  Al8 Al 0.93728 0.43497 0.69047 1.00000
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