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Yb2MgS4

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Alex-ID: agm005277943 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

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Basic Information

Formula
Yb2MgS4
Alex-ID
agm005277943
Elements
3
Sites
28
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
634.92
ų
Cell a
3.8156
Å
Cell b
13.0136
Å
Cell c
12.7868
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Yb2MgS4
Yb
8.00 · 28.6%
Mg
4.00 · 14.3%
S
16.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1695
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.8522
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-136.4861
eV
Raw total energy
-125.8707
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0004
eV
DOS at Fermi level
83.0667
Total magnetisation
3.3983
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C4_80_spg62

Decomposition

YbS2 MgS YbS

Computed at

2023-05-11 23:51:53.547206

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: agm005277943).

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 agm005277943
data_agm005277943
_cell_length_a     3.81558
_cell_length_b     13.01364
_cell_length_c     12.78679
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       634.92295
_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
  Yb1 Yb 0.25000 0.07381 0.11753 1.00000
  Yb2 Yb 0.75000 0.92619 0.88247 1.00000
  Yb3 Yb 0.75000 0.57381 0.38247 1.00000
  Yb4 Yb 0.25000 0.42619 0.61753 1.00000
  Yb5 Yb 0.25000 0.70560 0.13522 1.00000
  Yb6 Yb 0.75000 0.29440 0.86478 1.00000
  Yb7 Yb 0.75000 0.20560 0.36478 1.00000
  Yb8 Yb 0.25000 0.79440 0.63522 1.00000
  Mg1 Mg 0.75000 0.44820 0.11318 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.25000 0.55180 0.88682 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.25000 0.94820 0.38682 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.75000 0.05180 0.61318 1.00000
  S1 S 0.75000 0.61731 0.00823 1.00000
  S2 S 0.25000 0.38269 0.99177 1.00000
  S3 S 0.25000 0.11731 0.49177 1.00000
  S4 S 0.75000 0.88269 0.50823 1.00000
  S5 S 0.25000 0.88383 0.02600 1.00000
  S6 S 0.75000 0.11617 0.97400 1.00000
  S7 S 0.75000 0.38383 0.47400 1.00000
  S8 S 0.25000 0.61617 0.52600 1.00000
  S9 S 0.25000 0.25456 0.22572 1.00000
  S10 S 0.75000 0.74544 0.77428 1.00000
  S11 S 0.75000 0.75456 0.27428 1.00000
  S12 S 0.25000 0.24544 0.72572 1.00000
  S13 S 0.75000 0.01360 0.26338 1.00000
  S14 S 0.25000 0.98640 0.73662 1.00000
  S15 S 0.25000 0.51360 0.23662 1.00000
  S16 S 0.75000 0.48640 0.76338 1.00000
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