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Mg6CdNi2

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Alex-ID: agm005698277 · Space group: Immm (#71)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg6CdNi2
Alex-ID
agm005698277
Elements
3
Sites
18
Space group
Immm (#71)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
343.32
ų
Cell a
8.8051
Å
Cell b
7.6601
Å
Cell c
7.6601
Å
α angle
65.58
°
β angle
54.92
°
γ angle
54.92
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg6CdNi2
Mg
12.00 · 66.7%
Cd
2.00 · 11.1%
Ni
4.00 · 22.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0189
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1276
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-46.4145
eV
Raw total energy
-46.4145
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0124
eV
DOS at Fermi level
8.7669
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C6_712_spg71

Decomposition

Mg2Cd Mg2Ni

Computed at

2023-07-08 16:13:33.881185

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: agm005698277).

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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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005698277
data_agm005698277
_cell_length_a     8.80513
_cell_length_b     7.66009
_cell_length_c     7.66009
_cell_angle_alpha  65.58122
_cell_angle_beta   54.91853
_cell_angle_gamma  54.91853
_cell_volume       343.31949
_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
  Mg1 Mg 0.28538 0.18616 0.81384 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.71462 0.81384 0.18616 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.71462 0.18616 0.81384 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.28538 0.81384 0.18616 1.00000
  Mg5 Mg 0.75109 0.45880 0.03903 1.00000
  Mg6 Mg 0.24891 0.54120 0.96097 1.00000
  Mg7 Mg 0.75109 0.03903 0.45880 1.00000
  Mg8 Mg 0.24891 0.96097 0.54120 1.00000
  Mg9 Mg 0.97352 0.33180 0.33180 1.00000
  Mg10 Mg 0.02648 0.66820 0.66820 1.00000
  Mg11 Mg 0.36287 0.33180 0.33180 1.00000
  Mg12 Mg 0.63713 0.66820 0.66820 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.37602 0.12398 0.12398 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.62398 0.87602 0.87602 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.00000 0.33929 0.66071 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 1.00000 0.66071 0.33929 1.00000
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