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CdCl2

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Alex-ID: agm005291233 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
CdCl2
Alex-ID
agm005291233
Elements
2
Sites
3
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
83.51
ų
Cell a
6.7235
Å
Cell b
6.7235
Å
Cell c
6.7235
Å
α angle
33.73
°
β angle
33.73
°
γ angle
33.73
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CdCl2
Cl
2.00 · 66.7%
Cd
1.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0012
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.4806
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-7.8731
eV
Raw total energy
-7.8731
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
3.5712
eV
Direct band gap
3.6306
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_13_spg166

Decomposition

CdCl2

Computed at

2022-12-01 13:28:32

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: agm005291233).

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 agm005291233
data_agm005291233
_cell_length_a     6.72353
_cell_length_b     6.72353
_cell_length_c     6.72353
_cell_angle_alpha  33.73233
_cell_angle_beta   33.73233
_cell_angle_gamma  33.73233
_cell_volume       83.50987
_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
  Cl1 Cl 0.74258 0.74258 0.74258 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.25742 0.25742 0.25742 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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