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Ca3(CuSn)4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005706936 · Space group: Immm (#71)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca3(CuSn)4
Alex-ID
agm005706936
Elements
3
Sites
11
Space group
Immm (#71)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
241.33
ų
Cell a
4.5820
Å
Cell b
7.1488
Å
Cell c
8.5034
Å
α angle
114.86
°
β angle
105.63
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca3(CuSn)4
Ca
3.00 · 27.3%
Cu
4.00 · 36.4%
Sn
4.00 · 36.4%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0383
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3391
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-42.3872
eV
Raw total energy
-42.3872
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0004
eV
DOS at Fermi level
6.3355
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A3B4C4_1_spg71

Decomposition

Ca(CuSn)2 Ca6Cu2Sn7 Cu

Computed at

2023-06-29 19:38:35.704658

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: agm005706936).

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}
}

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005706936
data_agm005706936
_cell_length_a     4.58196
_cell_length_b     7.14883
_cell_length_c     8.50343
_cell_angle_alpha  114.85665
_cell_angle_beta   105.62965
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       241.33457
_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 0.12892 0.12892 0.25784 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.87108 0.87108 0.74216 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.32885 0.14844 0.65771 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.67115 0.49073 0.34229 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.67115 0.85156 0.34229 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.32885 0.50927 0.65771 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.22185 0.72185 0.44369 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.77815 0.27815 0.55631 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.50000 0.80089 1.00000 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.50000 0.19911 0.00000 1.00000
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