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CaCd2

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Alex-ID: agm005503645 · Space group: P-62m (#189)

Basic Information

Formula
CaCd2
Alex-ID
agm005503645
Elements
2
Sites
9
Space group
P-62m (#189)
Crystal system
hexagonal
Volume
261.34
ų
Cell a
7.6080
Å
Cell b
7.6080
Å
Cell c
5.2136
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaCd2
Ca
3.00 · 33.3%
Cd
6.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1995
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1334
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-12.7484
eV
Raw total energy
-12.7484
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
6.9188
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_1942_spg189

Decomposition

CaCd2

Computed at

2023-03-19 12:05:41.316752

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: agm005503645).

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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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005503645
data_agm005503645
_cell_length_a     7.60805
_cell_length_b     7.60805
_cell_length_c     5.21358
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       261.34444
_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 0.33333 0.66667 0.00000 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.66667 0.33333 0.00000 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.22662 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.00000 0.22662 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.77338 0.77338 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.45232 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd5 Cd 0.00000 0.45232 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd6 Cd 0.54768 0.54768 0.50000 1.00000
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