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K2Cd5Hg

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005991340 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

Basic Information

Formula
K2Cd5Hg
Alex-ID
agm005991340
Elements
3
Sites
16
Space group
Cmcm (#63)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
493.49
ų
Cell a
5.0692
Å
Cell b
9.5702
Å
Cell c
10.5491
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
105.36
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
K2Cd5Hg
K
4.00 · 25.0%
Cd
10.00 · 62.5%
Hg
2.00 · 12.5%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0274
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0961
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-15.9042
eV
Raw total energy
-15.9042
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0639
eV
DOS at Fermi level
8.0538
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C5_146_spg63

Decomposition

K3Cd16 KCd2 KHg

Computed at

2023-08-26 01:08:58

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: agm005991340).

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 agm005991340
data_agm005991340
_cell_length_a     5.06917
_cell_length_b     9.57021
_cell_length_c     10.54907
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  105.35751
_cell_volume       493.49279
_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
  K1 K 0.80397 0.60794 0.75000 1.00000
  K2 K 0.19603 0.39206 0.25000 1.00000
  K3 K 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  K4 K 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.18789 0.37579 0.88795 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.81211 0.62421 0.11205 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.18789 0.37579 0.61205 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.81211 0.62421 0.38795 1.00000
  Cd5 Cd 0.34467 0.68935 0.97728 1.00000
  Cd6 Cd 0.65533 0.31065 0.02272 1.00000
  Cd7 Cd 0.34467 0.68935 0.52272 1.00000
  Cd8 Cd 0.65533 0.31065 0.47728 1.00000
  Cd9 Cd 0.60333 0.20665 0.75000 1.00000
  Cd10 Cd 0.39667 0.79335 0.25000 1.00000
  Hg1 Hg 0.44287 0.88575 0.75000 1.00000
  Hg2 Hg 0.55713 0.11425 0.25000 1.00000
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