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Mg6CoSiO8

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Alex-ID: agm005252802 · Space group: P4/mmm (#123)

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Basic Information

Formula
Mg6CoSiO8
Alex-ID
agm005252802
Elements
4
Sites
16
Space group
P4/mmm (#123)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
157.33
ų
Cell a
4.2691
Å
Cell b
4.2691
Å
Cell c
8.6325
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg6CoSiO8
Mg
6.00 · 37.5%
Co
1.00 · 6.3%
Si
1.00 · 6.3%
O
8.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.4061
eV/atom
Formation energy
-2.5347
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-102.3347
eV
Raw total energy
-94.8424
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.1677
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.6863
Total magnetisation
2.2400
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC6D8_13_spg123

Decomposition

Mg2SiO4 MgO Co

Computed at

2023-05-07 10:13:46.018577

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: agm005252802).

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 agm005252802
data_agm005252802
_cell_length_a     4.26907
_cell_length_b     4.26907
_cell_length_c     8.63252
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       157.32767
_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
  Mg1 Mg 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.00000 0.50000 0.25013 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.00000 0.50000 0.74987 1.00000
  Mg5 Mg 0.50000 0.00000 0.25013 1.00000
  Mg6 Mg 0.50000 0.00000 0.74987 1.00000
  Co1 Co 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  O1 O 0.00000 0.00000 0.26028 1.00000
  O2 O 0.00000 0.00000 0.73972 1.00000
  O3 O 0.50000 0.50000 0.24738 1.00000
  O4 O 0.50000 0.50000 0.75262 1.00000
  O5 O 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  O6 O 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  O7 O 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  O8 O 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
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