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Ca3GaSn2

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Alex-ID: agm005675089 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca3GaSn2
Alex-ID
agm005675089
Elements
3
Sites
24
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
710.07
ų
Cell a
4.4617
Å
Cell b
12.6491
Å
Cell c
12.5818
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca3GaSn2
Ca
12.00 · 50.0%
Ga
4.00 · 16.7%
Sn
8.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0484
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.5693
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-81.8290
eV
Raw total energy
-81.8290
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0418
eV
DOS at Fermi level
10.9737
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_315_spg62

Decomposition

CaGa2 Ca2Sn CaSn

Computed at

2023-08-07 07:56:11.414288

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: agm005675089).

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 agm005675089
data_agm005675089
_cell_length_a     4.46167
_cell_length_b     12.64910
_cell_length_c     12.58179
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       710.06700
_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 0.25000 0.38203 0.05830 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.75000 0.61797 0.94170 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.75000 0.88203 0.44170 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.25000 0.11797 0.55830 1.00000
  Ca5 Ca 0.25000 0.70841 0.20883 1.00000
  Ca6 Ca 0.75000 0.29159 0.79117 1.00000
  Ca7 Ca 0.75000 0.20841 0.29117 1.00000
  Ca8 Ca 0.25000 0.79159 0.70883 1.00000
  Ca9 Ca 0.25000 0.44803 0.37762 1.00000
  Ca10 Ca 0.75000 0.55197 0.62238 1.00000
  Ca11 Ca 0.75000 0.94803 0.12238 1.00000
  Ca12 Ca 0.25000 0.05197 0.87762 1.00000
  Ga1 Ga 0.25000 0.15270 0.14271 1.00000
  Ga2 Ga 0.75000 0.84730 0.85729 1.00000
  Ga3 Ga 0.75000 0.65270 0.35729 1.00000
  Ga4 Ga 0.25000 0.34730 0.64271 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.25000 0.68546 0.48127 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.75000 0.31454 0.51873 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.75000 0.18546 0.01873 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.25000 0.81454 0.98127 1.00000
  Sn5 Sn 0.25000 0.00525 0.30516 1.00000
  Sn6 Sn 0.75000 0.99475 0.69484 1.00000
  Sn7 Sn 0.75000 0.50525 0.19484 1.00000
  Sn8 Sn 0.25000 0.49475 0.80516 1.00000
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