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CaAl6

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005406299 · Space group: Im-3m (#229)

Basic Information

Formula
CaAl6
Alex-ID
agm005406299
Elements
2
Sites
7
Space group
Im-3m (#229)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
191.19
ų
Cell a
6.2858
Å
Cell b
6.2858
Å
Cell c
6.2858
Å
α angle
109.47
°
β angle
109.47
°
γ angle
109.47
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaAl6
Ca
1.00 · 14.3%
Al
6.00 · 85.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.5469
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.4036
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-21.6502
eV
Raw total energy
-21.6502
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
5.6360
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6_105_spg229

Decomposition

CaAl2 Al

Computed at

2022-12-15 15:37:12.842409

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: agm005406299).

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 agm005406299
data_agm005406299
_cell_length_a     6.28582
_cell_length_b     6.28582
_cell_length_c     6.28582
_cell_angle_alpha  109.47122
_cell_angle_beta   109.47122
_cell_angle_gamma  109.47122
_cell_volume       191.18901
_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
  Ca1 Ca 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.50000 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Al3 Al 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 1.00000
  Al4 Al 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Al5 Al 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  Al6 Al 0.75000 0.50000 0.25000 1.00000
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