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K2Cd6In

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Alex-ID: agm005665155 · Space group: P-3m1 (#164)

Basic Information

Formula
K2Cd6In
Alex-ID
agm005665155
Elements
3
Sites
9
Space group
P-3m1 (#164)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
258.66
ų
Cell a
6.8825
Å
Cell b
6.5875
Å
Cell c
6.5877
Å
α angle
120.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
K2Cd6In
K
2.00 · 22.2%
Cd
6.00 · 66.7%
In
1.00 · 11.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0251
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0752
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-11.1925
eV
Raw total energy
-11.1925
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.7935
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C6_687_spg164

Decomposition

K8In11 K3Cd16 KCd2

Computed at

2023-07-12 20:05:21.792994

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: agm005665155).

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}
}

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005665155
data_agm005665155
_cell_length_a     6.88252
_cell_length_b     6.58747
_cell_length_c     6.58768
_cell_angle_alpha  119.99898
_cell_angle_beta   89.99724
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       258.66253
_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 0.86690 0.66664 0.33328 1.00000
  K2 K 0.13310 0.33336 0.66672 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.34078 0.35531 0.17767 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.34075 0.82228 0.64456 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.34078 0.82237 0.17767 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.65922 0.64469 0.82233 1.00000
  Cd5 Cd 0.65925 0.17772 0.35544 1.00000
  Cd6 Cd 0.65922 0.17763 0.82233 1.00000
  In1 In 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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