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Ni6Cl7

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005285481 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
Ni6Cl7
Alex-ID
agm005285481
Elements
2
Sites
26
Space group
P-1 (#2)
Crystal system
triclinic
Volume
484.45
ų
Cell a
6.2693
Å
Cell b
7.3772
Å
Cell c
10.6303
Å
α angle
88.17
°
β angle
90.03
°
γ angle
99.64
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ni6Cl7
Ni
12.00 · 46.2%
Cl
14.00 · 53.8%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2261
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.5710
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-101.8063
eV
Raw total energy
-101.8063
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0188
eV
DOS at Fermi level
19.3669
Total magnetisation
14.0299
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A6B7_217_spg2

Decomposition

NiCl2 Ni

Computed at

2023-05-11 01:44:18.118509

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: agm005285481).

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 agm005285481
data_agm005285481
_cell_length_a     6.26927
_cell_length_b     7.37720
_cell_length_c     10.63034
_cell_angle_alpha  88.16678
_cell_angle_beta   90.03427
_cell_angle_gamma  99.64471
_cell_volume       484.44624
_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
  Ni1 Ni 0.03957 0.71662 0.03735 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.82550 0.94419 0.95243 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.61585 0.73831 0.79252 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 0.38415 0.26169 0.20748 1.00000
  Ni5 Ni 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ni6 Ni 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ni7 Ni 0.96043 0.28338 0.96265 1.00000
  Ni8 Ni 0.17450 0.05581 0.04757 1.00000
  Ni9 Ni 0.11026 0.67251 0.66599 1.00000
  Ni10 Ni 0.26791 0.19531 0.84676 1.00000
  Ni11 Ni 0.88974 0.32749 0.33401 1.00000
  Ni12 Ni 0.73209 0.80469 0.15324 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.92085 0.12875 0.78705 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.63685 0.53005 0.28417 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.61706 0.04399 0.28101 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.78837 0.75333 0.59350 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.71944 0.27840 0.53079 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.48481 0.75586 0.99782 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.51519 0.24414 0.00218 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.36315 0.46995 0.71583 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.38294 0.95601 0.71899 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.07950 0.41349 0.14027 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.07915 0.87125 0.21295 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.28056 0.72160 0.46921 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.21163 0.24667 0.40650 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.92050 0.58651 0.85973 1.00000
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