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MgAlCu6

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Alex-ID: agm005804445 · Space group: Cmmm (#65)

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Basic Information

Formula
MgAlCu6
Alex-ID
agm005804445
Elements
3
Sites
32
Space group
Cmmm (#65)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
414.18
ų
Cell a
6.4647
Å
Cell b
6.4647
Å
Cell c
10.5303
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
109.76
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgAlCu6
Mg
4.00 · 12.5%
Al
4.00 · 12.5%
Cu
24.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0321
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0807
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-123.7828
eV
Raw total energy
-123.7828
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0117
eV
DOS at Fermi level
9.0230
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC6_17_spg65

Decomposition

Mg2AlCu3 AlCu3 Cu

Computed at

2023-07-24 23:30:18.489339

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: agm005804445).

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 agm005804445
data_agm005804445
_cell_length_a     6.46470
_cell_length_b     6.46470
_cell_length_c     10.53026
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  109.75727
_cell_volume       414.17839
_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 0.74585 0.25415 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.25415 0.74585 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.50000 0.50000 0.74927 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.50000 0.50000 0.25073 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.74414 0.25586 0.50000 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.25586 0.74414 0.50000 1.00000
  Al3 Al 0.00000 0.00000 0.74941 1.00000
  Al4 Al 0.00000 0.00000 0.25059 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.75255 0.24745 0.74507 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.12064 0.36807 0.87231 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.87936 0.63193 0.87231 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.24745 0.75255 0.74507 1.00000
  Cu5 Cu 0.63193 0.87936 0.87231 1.00000
  Cu6 Cu 0.36807 0.12064 0.87231 1.00000
  Cu7 Cu 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cu8 Cu 0.88116 0.62885 0.62253 1.00000
  Cu9 Cu 0.62885 0.88116 0.62253 1.00000
  Cu10 Cu 0.75255 0.24745 0.25493 1.00000
  Cu11 Cu 0.11884 0.37115 0.37747 1.00000
  Cu12 Cu 0.88116 0.62885 0.37747 1.00000
  Cu13 Cu 0.24745 0.75255 0.25493 1.00000
  Cu14 Cu 0.62885 0.88116 0.37747 1.00000
  Cu15 Cu 0.37115 0.11884 0.37747 1.00000
  Cu16 Cu 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cu17 Cu 0.87936 0.63193 0.12769 1.00000
  Cu18 Cu 0.63193 0.87936 0.12769 1.00000
  Cu19 Cu 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cu20 Cu 0.37115 0.11884 0.62253 1.00000
  Cu21 Cu 0.11884 0.37115 0.62253 1.00000
  Cu22 Cu 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cu23 Cu 0.36807 0.12064 0.12769 1.00000
  Cu24 Cu 0.12064 0.36807 0.12769 1.00000
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