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CaNiC

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005667482 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
CaNiC
Alex-ID
agm005667482
Elements
3
Sites
6
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
97.13
ų
Cell a
4.3267
Å
Cell b
4.3266
Å
Cell c
7.7705
Å
α angle
56.44
°
β angle
56.44
°
γ angle
60.25
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaNiC
Ca
2.00 · 33.3%
Ni
2.00 · 33.3%
C
2.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2131
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.0310
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-33.8338
eV
Raw total energy
-33.8338
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0056
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.1770
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC_652_spg166

Decomposition

Ca4Ni3C5 CaNi2

Computed at

2023-06-17 02:37:41.628205

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: agm005667482).

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 agm005667482
data_agm005667482
_cell_length_a     4.32667
_cell_length_b     4.32664
_cell_length_c     7.77055
_cell_angle_alpha  56.44074
_cell_angle_beta   56.44104
_cell_angle_gamma  60.25381
_cell_volume       97.13413
_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 0.81236 0.81236 0.28109 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.18764 0.18764 0.71891 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.28126 0.28126 0.07881 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.71874 0.71874 0.92119 1.00000
  C1 C 0.07392 0.07392 0.38990 1.00000
  C2 C 0.92608 0.92608 0.61010 1.00000
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