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U3Cu2S7

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005254692 · Space group: P6_3 (#173)

Basic Information

Formula
U3Cu2S7
Alex-ID
agm005254692
Elements
3
Sites
24
Space group
P6_3 (#173)
Crystal system
hexagonal
Volume
460.65
ų
Cell a
9.6628
Å
Cell b
9.6628
Å
Cell c
5.6968
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
U3Cu2S7
U
6.00 · 25.0%
Cu
4.00 · 16.7%
S
14.00 · 58.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.5013
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-178.1834
eV
Raw total energy
-168.8950
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0010
eV
DOS at Fermi level
44.7410
Total magnetisation
12.0006
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A2B3C7_20_spg173

Decomposition

U3Cu2S7

Computed at

2023-05-10 05:35:31.089905

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: agm005254692).

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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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005254692
data_agm005254692
_cell_length_a     9.66280
_cell_length_b     9.66280
_cell_length_c     5.69680
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       460.64670
_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
  U1 U 0.22801 0.84807 0.03094 1.00000
  U2 U 0.15193 0.37994 0.03094 1.00000
  U3 U 0.84807 0.62006 0.53094 1.00000
  U4 U 0.62006 0.77199 0.03094 1.00000
  U5 U 0.77199 0.15193 0.53094 1.00000
  U6 U 0.37994 0.22801 0.53094 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.66667 0.33333 0.15090 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.33333 0.66667 0.65090 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.00000 0.00000 0.49859 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.00000 0.00000 0.99859 1.00000
  S1 S 0.66667 0.33333 0.75270 1.00000
  S2 S 0.56595 0.48656 0.28227 1.00000
  S3 S 0.15309 0.89099 0.51380 1.00000
  S4 S 0.51344 0.07939 0.28227 1.00000
  S5 S 0.43405 0.51344 0.78227 1.00000
  S6 S 0.48656 0.92061 0.78227 1.00000
  S7 S 0.84691 0.10901 0.01380 1.00000
  S8 S 0.07939 0.56595 0.78227 1.00000
  S9 S 0.73790 0.84691 0.51380 1.00000
  S10 S 0.33333 0.66667 0.25270 1.00000
  S11 S 0.92061 0.43405 0.28227 1.00000
  S12 S 0.26210 0.15309 0.01380 1.00000
  S13 S 0.10901 0.26210 0.51380 1.00000
  S14 S 0.89099 0.73790 0.01380 1.00000
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