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Mg6NbSn

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Alex-ID: agm005277593 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

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Basic Information

Formula
Mg6NbSn
Alex-ID
agm005277593
Elements
3
Sites
8
Space group
Amm2 (#38)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
171.10
ų
Cell a
6.2764
Å
Cell b
6.2764
Å
Cell c
5.0188
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.07
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg6NbSn
Mg
6.00 · 75.0%
Nb
1.00 · 12.5%
Sn
1.00 · 12.5%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1439
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.0651
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-23.1195
eV
Raw total energy
-23.1195
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0031
eV
DOS at Fermi level
5.4746
Total magnetisation
0.7556
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC6_41_spg38

Decomposition

Nb3Sn Mg Mg2Sn

Computed at

2023-05-07 07:17:03.078590

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: agm005277593).

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 agm005277593
data_agm005277593
_cell_length_a     6.27645
_cell_length_b     6.27645
_cell_length_c     5.01884
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.06864
_cell_volume       171.10432
_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 0.17519 0.33993 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.66007 0.82481 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.66934 0.33066 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.33415 0.17780 0.50000 1.00000
  Mg5 Mg 0.82220 0.66585 0.50000 1.00000
  Mg6 Mg 0.83407 0.16593 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb1 Nb 0.32922 0.67078 0.50000 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.17576 0.82424 0.00000 1.00000
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