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Ba6CdSi2

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Alex-ID: agm005695366 · Space group: Immm (#71)

Basic Information

Formula
Ba6CdSi2
Alex-ID
agm005695366
Elements
3
Sites
18
Space group
Immm (#71)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
777.16
ų
Cell a
10.0353
Å
Cell b
10.0353
Å
Cell c
10.0353
Å
α angle
107.45
°
β angle
111.13
°
γ angle
109.85
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ba6CdSi2
Ba
12.00 · 66.7%
Cd
2.00 · 11.1%
Si
4.00 · 22.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0465
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.2388
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-50.9099
eV
Raw total energy
-50.9099
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0022
eV
DOS at Fermi level
19.1764
Total magnetisation
0.5731
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C6_160_spg71

Decomposition

Ba2Cd Ba2Si

Computed at

2023-07-09 13:56:01.125396

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: agm005695366).

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 agm005695366
data_agm005695366
_cell_length_a     10.03532
_cell_length_b     10.03532
_cell_length_c     10.03532
_cell_angle_alpha  107.45338
_cell_angle_beta   111.13410
_cell_angle_gamma  109.84754
_cell_volume       777.16455
_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
  Ba1 Ba 0.46805 0.28766 0.18039 1.00000
  Ba2 Ba 0.53195 0.71234 0.81961 1.00000
  Ba3 Ba 0.89274 0.71234 0.18039 1.00000
  Ba4 Ba 0.10726 0.28766 0.81961 1.00000
  Ba5 Ba 0.20873 0.77190 0.98063 1.00000
  Ba6 Ba 0.79127 0.22810 0.01937 1.00000
  Ba7 Ba 0.79127 0.77190 0.56317 1.00000
  Ba8 Ba 0.20873 0.22810 0.43683 1.00000
  Ba9 Ba 0.30787 0.98905 0.68118 1.00000
  Ba10 Ba 0.69213 0.01095 0.31882 1.00000
  Ba11 Ba 0.69213 0.37331 0.68118 1.00000
  Ba12 Ba 0.30787 0.62669 0.31882 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.50000 0.39777 0.89777 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.50000 0.60223 0.10223 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.38896 1.00000 0.38896 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.61104 0.00000 0.61104 1.00000
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