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CaCu2Si

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005678865 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

Basic Information

Formula
CaCu2Si
Alex-ID
agm005678865
Elements
3
Sites
16
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
268.88
ų
Cell a
4.2462
Å
Cell b
6.4994
Å
Cell c
9.7429
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaCu2Si
Ca
4.00 · 25.0%
Cu
8.00 · 50.0%
Si
4.00 · 25.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0873
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.2035
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-66.2360
eV
Raw total energy
-66.2360
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0090
eV
DOS at Fermi level
7.7214
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC2_7653_spg62

Decomposition

CaCuSi Cu

Computed at

2023-07-13 12:42:58.850241

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: agm005678865).

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 agm005678865
data_agm005678865
_cell_length_a     4.24621
_cell_length_b     6.49938
_cell_length_c     9.74295
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       268.88359
_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 0.75000 0.76197 0.33455 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.75000 0.26197 0.16545 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.25000 0.23803 0.66545 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.25000 0.73803 0.83455 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.75000 0.70043 0.04098 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.25000 0.29957 0.95902 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.75000 0.20043 0.45902 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.25000 0.79957 0.54098 1.00000
  Cu5 Cu 0.75000 0.04873 0.89194 1.00000
  Cu6 Cu 0.25000 0.45127 0.39194 1.00000
  Cu7 Cu 0.75000 0.54873 0.60806 1.00000
  Cu8 Cu 0.25000 0.95127 0.10806 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.25000 0.08638 0.35851 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.75000 0.91362 0.64149 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.25000 0.58638 0.14149 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.75000 0.41362 0.85851 1.00000
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