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U3O8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005286203 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

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Basic Information

Formula
U3O8
Alex-ID
agm005286203
Elements
2
Sites
22
Space group
Cmcm (#63)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
341.60
ų
Cell a
6.7795
Å
Cell b
6.7795
Å
Cell c
8.3386
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
116.96
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
U3O8
U
6.00 · 27.3%
O
16.00 · 72.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0079
eV/atom
Formation energy
-3.6962
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-228.3760
eV
Raw total energy
-217.1393
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0024
eV
Direct band gap
0.0024
eV
DOS at Fermi level
20.1082
Total magnetisation
0.8692
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A3B8_217_spg63

Decomposition

U3O8

Computed at

2023-05-09 06:59:12.850423

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: agm005286203).

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 agm005286203
data_agm005286203
_cell_length_a     6.77953
_cell_length_b     6.77953
_cell_length_c     8.33857
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  116.96153
_cell_volume       341.60203
_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
  U1 U 0.65211 0.34789 0.25000 1.00000
  U2 U 0.98826 0.01174 0.75000 1.00000
  U3 U 0.66637 0.33363 0.75000 1.00000
  U4 U 0.34789 0.65211 0.75000 1.00000
  U5 U 0.01174 0.98826 0.25000 1.00000
  U6 U 0.33363 0.66637 0.25000 1.00000
  O1 O 0.99242 0.36997 0.75000 1.00000
  O2 O 0.65569 0.34431 0.01228 1.00000
  O3 O 0.66174 0.70586 0.25000 1.00000
  O4 O 0.00758 0.63003 0.25000 1.00000
  O5 O 0.65569 0.34431 0.48772 1.00000
  O6 O 0.16566 0.83434 0.75000 1.00000
  O7 O 0.34431 0.65569 0.98772 1.00000
  O8 O 0.29414 0.33826 0.25000 1.00000
  O9 O 0.36997 0.99242 0.25000 1.00000
  O10 O 0.70586 0.66174 0.75000 1.00000
  O11 O 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  O12 O 0.34431 0.65569 0.51228 1.00000
  O13 O 0.63003 0.00758 0.75000 1.00000
  O14 O 0.33826 0.29414 0.75000 1.00000
  O15 O 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  O16 O 0.83434 0.16566 0.25000 1.00000
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