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Ca3AlZn2

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Alex-ID: agm005676908 · Space group: P-3m1 (#164)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca3AlZn2
Alex-ID
agm005676908
Elements
3
Sites
12
Space group
P-3m1 (#164)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
303.85
ų
Cell a
5.2268
Å
Cell b
5.2268
Å
Cell c
12.8426
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca3AlZn2
Ca
6.00 · 50.0%
Al
2.00 · 16.7%
Zn
4.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0221
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.2290
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-27.3645
eV
Raw total energy
-27.3645
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
5.3705
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_391_spg164

Decomposition

Ca5Zn3 CaAl2 CaZn

Computed at

2023-08-07 03:40:38.780090

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: agm005676908).

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 agm005676908
data_agm005676908
_cell_length_a     5.22680
_cell_length_b     5.22680
_cell_length_c     12.84256
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       303.84598
_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 0.41839 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.66667 0.33333 0.08140 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.00000 0.00000 0.75084 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.00000 0.00000 0.24916 1.00000
  Ca5 Ca 0.33333 0.66667 0.91860 1.00000
  Ca6 Ca 0.66667 0.33333 0.58161 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.33333 0.66667 0.67029 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.66667 0.33333 0.32971 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.33333 0.66667 0.17374 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.66667 0.33333 0.82626 1.00000
  Zn4 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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