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MgSn

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005453405 · Space group: Cm (#8)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSn
Alex-ID
agm005453405
Elements
2
Sites
6
Space group
Cm (#8)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
148.68
ų
Cell a
6.1749
Å
Cell b
6.1749
Å
Cell c
7.7950
Å
α angle
76.00
°
β angle
76.00
°
γ angle
31.12
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgSn
Mg
3.00 · 50.0%
Sn
3.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0960
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0460
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-17.0681
eV
Raw total energy
-17.0681
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0780
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.1653
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB_1540_spg8

Decomposition

Mg2Sn Sn

Computed at

2023-03-21 12:59:25.146401

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: agm005453405).

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 agm005453405
data_agm005453405
_cell_length_a     6.17492
_cell_length_b     6.17492
_cell_length_c     7.79498
_cell_angle_alpha  75.99519
_cell_angle_beta   75.99519
_cell_angle_gamma  31.11934
_cell_volume       148.68385
_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
  Mg1 Mg 0.00204 0.00204 0.99572 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.33394 0.33394 0.34822 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.72551 0.72551 0.05837 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.38167 0.38167 0.74371 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.66159 0.66159 0.67020 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.06190 0.06190 0.35044 1.00000
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