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Mg(PH4)2

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Alex-ID: agm005962298 · Space group: C2/c (#15)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg(PH4)2
Alex-ID
agm005962298
Elements
3
Sites
22
Space group
C2/c (#15)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
394.59
ų
Cell a
10.2098
Å
Cell b
9.0984
Å
Cell c
9.1536
Å
α angle
34.96
°
β angle
56.10
°
γ angle
55.87
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg(PH4)2
Mg
2.00 · 9.1%
P
4.00 · 18.2%
H
16.00 · 72.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0878
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1021
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-78.9114
eV
Raw total energy
-78.9114
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
4.4340
eV
Direct band gap
4.4340
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C8_1160_spg15

Decomposition

MgH6 PH4 Mg3P2

Computed at

2023-07-11 12:44:58.630517

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: agm005962298).

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 agm005962298
data_agm005962298
_cell_length_a     10.20977
_cell_length_b     9.09837
_cell_length_c     9.15362
_cell_angle_alpha  34.95605
_cell_angle_beta   56.10378
_cell_angle_gamma  55.86969
_cell_volume       394.59388
_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 0.99161 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.00839 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  P1 P 0.80507 0.88475 0.82928 1.00000
  P2 P 0.48090 0.38475 0.32928 1.00000
  P3 P 0.51910 0.61525 0.67072 1.00000
  P4 P 0.19493 0.11525 0.17072 1.00000
  H1 H 0.49324 0.89226 0.43926 1.00000
  H2 H 0.84770 0.07790 0.05736 1.00000
  H3 H 0.72950 0.94056 0.97034 1.00000
  H4 H 0.36475 0.38547 0.28755 1.00000
  H5 H 0.27050 0.05944 0.02966 1.00000
  H6 H 0.03776 0.11453 0.21245 1.00000
  H7 H 0.63525 0.61453 0.71245 1.00000
  H8 H 0.35961 0.44056 0.47034 1.00000
  H9 H 0.96224 0.88547 0.78755 1.00000
  H10 H 0.82476 0.60774 0.06074 1.00000
  H11 H 0.01705 0.57790 0.55736 1.00000
  H12 H 0.98295 0.42210 0.44264 1.00000
  H13 H 0.17524 0.39226 0.93926 1.00000
  H14 H 0.64039 0.55944 0.52966 1.00000
  H15 H 0.50676 0.10774 0.56074 1.00000
  H16 H 0.15230 0.92210 0.94264 1.00000
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