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Cd2Cl

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005509296 · Space group: Pa-3 (#205)

Basic Information

Formula
Cd2Cl
Alex-ID
agm005509296
Elements
2
Sites
12
Space group
Pa-3 (#205)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
371.18
ų
Cell a
7.1867
Å
Cell b
7.1867
Å
Cell c
7.1867
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Cd2Cl
Cl
4.00 · 33.3%
Cd
8.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.4148
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3261
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-16.3176
eV
Raw total energy
-16.3176
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
7.4750
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_21_spg205

Decomposition

CdCl2 Cd

Computed at

2023-04-01 01:44:01

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: agm005509296).

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 agm005509296
data_agm005509296
_cell_length_a     7.18669
_cell_length_b     7.18669
_cell_length_c     7.18669
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       371.18248
_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
  Cl1 Cl 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.61271 0.61271 0.38729 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.38729 0.38729 0.61271 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.11271 0.88729 0.61271 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.88729 0.11271 0.38729 1.00000
  Cd5 Cd 0.38729 0.11271 0.11271 1.00000
  Cd6 Cd 0.61271 0.88729 0.88729 1.00000
  Cd7 Cd 0.88729 0.38729 0.88729 1.00000
  Cd8 Cd 0.11271 0.61271 0.11271 1.00000
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