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Ca2AlZn16

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Alex-ID: agm005223542 · Space group: R3m (#160)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca2AlZn16
Alex-ID
agm005223542
Elements
3
Sites
19
Space group
R3m (#160)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
315.18
ų
Cell a
6.8519
Å
Cell b
6.8519
Å
Cell c
6.8519
Å
α angle
83.08
°
β angle
83.08
°
γ angle
83.08
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca2AlZn16
Ca
2.00 · 10.5%
Al
1.00 · 5.3%
Zn
16.00 · 84.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0047
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1729
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-31.4868
eV
Raw total energy
-31.4868
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
6.2405
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C16_0_spg160

Decomposition

Ca2Zn17 CaZn11 Ca(AlZn)2

Computed at

2022-12-12 11:46:46.869812

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: agm005223542).

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}
}

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005223542
data_agm005223542
_cell_length_a     6.85187
_cell_length_b     6.85187
_cell_length_c     6.85187
_cell_angle_alpha  83.08498
_cell_angle_beta   83.08498
_cell_angle_gamma  83.08497
_cell_volume       315.18322
_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 0.66260 0.66260 0.66260 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.33875 0.33875 0.33875 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.09702 0.09702 0.09702 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.35165 0.83772 0.35165 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.35165 0.35165 0.83772 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.83772 0.35165 0.35165 1.00000
  Zn4 Zn 0.64950 0.16205 0.64950 1.00000
  Zn5 Zn 0.64950 0.64950 0.16205 1.00000
  Zn6 Zn 0.16205 0.64950 0.64950 1.00000
  Zn7 Zn 0.29882 0.70133 0.00004 1.00000
  Zn8 Zn 0.00004 0.29882 0.70133 1.00000
  Zn9 Zn 0.70133 0.00004 0.29882 1.00000
  Zn10 Zn 0.00004 0.70133 0.29882 1.00000
  Zn11 Zn 0.29882 0.00004 0.70133 1.00000
  Zn12 Zn 0.70133 0.29882 0.00004 1.00000
  Zn13 Zn 0.99927 0.99927 0.50194 1.00000
  Zn14 Zn 0.50194 0.99927 0.99927 1.00000
  Zn15 Zn 0.99927 0.50194 0.99927 1.00000
  Zn16 Zn 0.89868 0.89868 0.89868 1.00000
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