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MgCd2

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Alex-ID: agm005266480 · Space group: C2/m (#12)

Basic Information

Formula
MgCd2
Alex-ID
agm005266480
Elements
2
Sites
6
Space group
C2/m (#12)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
132.07
ų
Cell a
6.2412
Å
Cell b
6.2412
Å
Cell c
7.2406
Å
α angle
75.06
°
β angle
75.06
°
γ angle
29.07
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgCd2
Mg
2.00 · 33.3%
Cd
4.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0130
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0677
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-7.2895
eV
Raw total energy
-7.2895
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0572
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.2335
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_3260_spg12

Decomposition

MgCd3 MgCd

Computed at

2023-04-20 21:13:00.624257

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: agm005266480).

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 agm005266480
data_agm005266480
_cell_length_a     6.24117
_cell_length_b     6.24117
_cell_length_c     7.24059
_cell_angle_alpha  75.05768
_cell_angle_beta   75.05768
_cell_angle_gamma  29.06759
_cell_volume       132.07451
_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 0.63815 0.63815 0.46962 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.36185 0.36185 0.53038 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.30338 0.30338 0.14675 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.02833 0.02833 0.19676 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.97167 0.97167 0.80324 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.69662 0.69662 0.85325 1.00000
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