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CaZnSi2

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Alex-ID: agm005752872 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

Basic Information

Formula
CaZnSi2
Alex-ID
agm005752872
Elements
3
Sites
32
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
614.56
ų
Cell a
4.1977
Å
Cell b
10.6852
Å
Cell c
13.7016
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CaZnSi2
Ca
8.00 · 25.0%
Zn
8.00 · 25.0%
Si
16.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0365
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3034
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-122.7184
eV
Raw total energy
-122.7184
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0362
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.2781
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC2_9020_spg62

Decomposition

Ca3(ZnSi2)2 Ca2Zn5Si3 Si

Computed at

2023-07-13 12:39:19.272963

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: agm005752872).

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 agm005752872
data_agm005752872
_cell_length_a     4.19769
_cell_length_b     10.68517
_cell_length_c     13.70156
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       614.55624
_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 0.47673 0.69839 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.25000 0.97673 0.80161 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.25000 0.52327 0.30161 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.75000 0.02327 0.19839 1.00000
  Ca5 Ca 0.75000 0.24882 0.94597 1.00000
  Ca6 Ca 0.25000 0.74882 0.55403 1.00000
  Ca7 Ca 0.25000 0.75118 0.05403 1.00000
  Ca8 Ca 0.75000 0.25118 0.44597 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.75000 0.55177 0.94499 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.25000 0.05177 0.55501 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.25000 0.44823 0.05501 1.00000
  Zn4 Zn 0.75000 0.94823 0.44499 1.00000
  Zn5 Zn 0.75000 0.31966 0.20852 1.00000
  Zn6 Zn 0.25000 0.81966 0.29148 1.00000
  Zn7 Zn 0.25000 0.68034 0.79148 1.00000
  Zn8 Zn 0.75000 0.18034 0.70852 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.75000 0.97123 0.96259 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.25000 0.47123 0.53741 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.25000 0.02877 0.03741 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.75000 0.52877 0.46259 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.75000 0.77420 0.89030 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.25000 0.27420 0.60970 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.25000 0.22580 0.10970 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.75000 0.72580 0.39030 1.00000
  Si9 Si 0.75000 0.76833 0.71271 1.00000
  Si10 Si 0.25000 0.26833 0.78729 1.00000
  Si11 Si 0.25000 0.23167 0.28729 1.00000
  Si12 Si 0.75000 0.73167 0.21271 1.00000
  Si13 Si 0.75000 0.96626 0.63304 1.00000
  Si14 Si 0.25000 0.46626 0.86696 1.00000
  Si15 Si 0.25000 0.03374 0.36696 1.00000
  Si16 Si 0.75000 0.53374 0.13304 1.00000
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