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KSn6

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005405061 · Space group: Im-3m (#229)

Basic Information

Formula
KSn6
Alex-ID
agm005405061
Elements
2
Sites
7
Space group
Im-3m (#229)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
275.27
ų
Cell a
7.0979
Å
Cell b
7.0979
Å
Cell c
7.0979
Å
α angle
109.47
°
β angle
109.47
°
γ angle
109.47
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
KSn6
K
1.00 · 14.3%
Sn
6.00 · 85.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1031
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0200
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-25.2595
eV
Raw total energy
-25.2595
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.1541
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6_105_spg229

Decomposition

K4Sn23 Sn

Computed at

2022-12-15 16:29:51.654045

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: agm005405061).

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 agm005405061
data_agm005405061
_cell_length_a     7.09788
_cell_length_b     7.09788
_cell_length_c     7.09788
_cell_angle_alpha  109.47122
_cell_angle_beta   109.47122
_cell_angle_gamma  109.47122
_cell_volume       275.27335
_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
  K1 K 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.50000 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Sn5 Sn 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  Sn6 Sn 0.75000 0.50000 0.25000 1.00000
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