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CeSi6

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005404824 · Space group: Im-3m (#229)

Basic Information

Formula
CeSi6
Alex-ID
agm005404824
Elements
2
Sites
7
Space group
Im-3m (#229)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
147.88
ų
Cell a
5.7701
Å
Cell b
5.7701
Å
Cell c
5.7701
Å
α angle
109.47
°
β angle
109.47
°
γ angle
109.47
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CeSi6
Ce
1.00 · 14.3%
Si
6.00 · 85.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3978
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.1156
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-37.6626
eV
Raw total energy
-37.6626
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
10.2039
Total magnetisation
1.7647
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6_105_spg229

Decomposition

CeSi2 Si

Computed at

2022-12-15 19:56:17.506984

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: agm005404824).

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 agm005404824
data_agm005404824
_cell_length_a     5.77007
_cell_length_b     5.77007
_cell_length_c     5.77007
_cell_angle_alpha  109.47122
_cell_angle_beta   109.47122
_cell_angle_gamma  109.47122
_cell_volume       147.88382
_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
  Ce1 Ce 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.50000 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.75000 0.50000 0.25000 1.00000
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