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Ba6Fe8S15

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005272345 · Space group: I4/m (#87)

Basic Information

Formula
Ba6Fe8S15
Alex-ID
agm005272345
Elements
3
Sites
29
Space group
I4/m (#87)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
659.78
ų
Cell a
9.5291
Å
Cell b
9.5291
Å
Cell c
9.5291
Å
α angle
106.37
°
β angle
106.37
°
γ angle
115.88
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ba6Fe8S15
Ba
6.00 · 20.7%
Fe
8.00 · 27.6%
S
15.00 · 51.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1094
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.3959
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-181.6318
eV
Raw total energy
-171.6799
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
17.9503
Total magnetisation
24.7699
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A6B8C15_1_spg87

Decomposition

FeS FeS2 BaS

Computed at

2023-05-12 15:02:42.385044

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: agm005272345).

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 agm005272345
data_agm005272345
_cell_length_a     9.52912
_cell_length_b     9.52912
_cell_length_c     9.52912
_cell_angle_alpha  106.36681
_cell_angle_beta   106.36681
_cell_angle_gamma  115.87624
_cell_volume       659.78419
_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
  Ba1 Ba 0.74884 0.86653 0.61537 1.00000
  Ba2 Ba 0.13347 0.74884 0.88231 1.00000
  Ba3 Ba 0.86653 0.25116 0.11769 1.00000
  Ba4 Ba 0.25116 0.13347 0.38463 1.00000
  Ba5 Ba 0.30251 0.30251 0.00000 1.00000
  Ba6 Ba 0.69749 0.69749 0.00000 1.00000
  Fe1 Fe 0.27971 0.57561 0.58823 1.00000
  Fe2 Fe 0.69147 0.27971 0.70410 1.00000
  Fe3 Fe 0.57561 0.98737 0.29590 1.00000
  Fe4 Fe 0.98737 0.69147 0.41177 1.00000
  Fe5 Fe 0.72029 0.42439 0.41177 1.00000
  Fe6 Fe 0.30853 0.72029 0.29590 1.00000
  Fe7 Fe 0.42439 0.01263 0.70410 1.00000
  Fe8 Fe 0.01263 0.30853 0.58823 1.00000
  S1 S 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  S2 S 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  S3 S 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  S4 S 0.70578 0.59605 0.30184 1.00000
  S5 S 0.40395 0.70578 0.10973 1.00000
  S6 S 0.59605 0.29422 0.89027 1.00000
  S7 S 0.29422 0.40395 0.69816 1.00000
  S8 S 0.30866 0.50646 0.35552 1.00000
  S9 S 0.95315 0.30866 0.80220 1.00000
  S10 S 0.50646 0.15095 0.19780 1.00000
  S11 S 0.15095 0.95315 0.64448 1.00000
  S12 S 0.69134 0.49354 0.64448 1.00000
  S13 S 0.04685 0.69134 0.19780 1.00000
  S14 S 0.49354 0.84905 0.80220 1.00000
  S15 S 0.84905 0.04685 0.35552 1.00000
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