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Eu2Si3Ni8

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Alex-ID: agm005245672 · Space group: P4_2/nmc (#137)

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Basic Information

Formula
Eu2Si3Ni8
Alex-ID
agm005245672
Elements
3
Sites
52
Space group
P4_2/nmc (#137)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
784.40
ų
Cell a
10.3739
Å
Cell b
10.3739
Å
Cell c
7.2887
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Eu2Si3Ni8
Eu
8.00 · 15.4%
Si
12.00 · 23.1%
Ni
32.00 · 61.5%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3190
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.2149
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-343.5320
eV
Raw total energy
-343.5320
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0016
eV
DOS at Fermi level
101.6117
Total magnetisation
52.3034
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A2B3C8_88_spg137

Decomposition

Eu2Si3Ni8

Computed at

2023-04-20 02:21:08.027803

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: agm005245672).

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 agm005245672
data_agm005245672
_cell_length_a     10.37394
_cell_length_b     10.37394
_cell_length_c     7.28870
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       784.39983
_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
  Eu1 Eu 0.00000 0.25400 0.63036 1.00000
  Eu2 Eu 0.25400 0.00000 0.36964 1.00000
  Eu3 Eu 0.50000 0.24600 0.86964 1.00000
  Eu4 Eu 0.24600 0.50000 0.13036 1.00000
  Eu5 Eu 0.74600 0.00000 0.36964 1.00000
  Eu6 Eu 0.00000 0.74600 0.63036 1.00000
  Eu7 Eu 0.75400 0.50000 0.13036 1.00000
  Eu8 Eu 0.50000 0.75400 0.86964 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.28206 0.71794 0.50000 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.71794 0.71794 0.50000 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.71794 0.28206 0.50000 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.00000 0.00000 0.22285 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.21794 0.78206 0.00000 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.50000 0.50000 0.72285 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.28206 0.28206 0.50000 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.78206 0.21794 0.00000 1.00000
  Si9 Si 0.78206 0.78206 0.00000 1.00000
  Si10 Si 0.00000 0.00000 0.77715 1.00000
  Si11 Si 0.21794 0.21794 0.00000 1.00000
  Si12 Si 0.50000 0.50000 0.27715 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.37907 0.21835 0.22840 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.50000 0.11456 0.51187 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.87907 0.71835 0.27160 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 0.00000 0.61456 0.98813 1.00000
  Ni5 Ni 0.50000 0.33707 0.47155 1.00000
  Ni6 Ni 0.88544 0.50000 0.48813 1.00000
  Ni7 Ni 0.28165 0.87907 0.72840 1.00000
  Ni8 Ni 0.61456 0.00000 0.01187 1.00000
  Ni9 Ni 0.66293 0.50000 0.52845 1.00000
  Ni10 Ni 0.71835 0.12093 0.72840 1.00000
  Ni11 Ni 0.12093 0.28165 0.27160 1.00000
  Ni12 Ni 0.21835 0.62093 0.77160 1.00000
  Ni13 Ni 0.28165 0.12093 0.72840 1.00000
  Ni14 Ni 0.50000 0.88544 0.51187 1.00000
  Ni15 Ni 0.87907 0.28165 0.27160 1.00000
  Ni16 Ni 0.78165 0.62093 0.77160 1.00000
  Ni17 Ni 0.00000 0.83707 0.02845 1.00000
  Ni18 Ni 0.83707 0.00000 0.97155 1.00000
  Ni19 Ni 0.33707 0.50000 0.52845 1.00000
  Ni20 Ni 0.38544 0.00000 0.01187 1.00000
  Ni21 Ni 0.71835 0.87907 0.72840 1.00000
  Ni22 Ni 0.78165 0.37907 0.77160 1.00000
  Ni23 Ni 0.37907 0.78165 0.22840 1.00000
  Ni24 Ni 0.12093 0.71835 0.27160 1.00000
  Ni25 Ni 0.50000 0.66293 0.47155 1.00000
  Ni26 Ni 0.21835 0.37907 0.77160 1.00000
  Ni27 Ni 0.62093 0.78165 0.22840 1.00000
  Ni28 Ni 0.16293 0.00000 0.97155 1.00000
  Ni29 Ni 0.11456 0.50000 0.48813 1.00000
  Ni30 Ni 0.62093 0.21835 0.22840 1.00000
  Ni31 Ni 0.00000 0.16293 0.02845 1.00000
  Ni32 Ni 0.00000 0.38544 0.98813 1.00000
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