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MgSn3Cl8

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Alex-ID: agm005996783 · Space group: C222 (#21)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSn3Cl8
Alex-ID
agm005996783
Elements
3
Sites
12
Space group
C222 (#21)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
388.53
ų
Cell a
7.2399
Å
Cell b
7.2399
Å
Cell c
8.0839
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
113.52
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgSn3Cl8
Mg
1.00 · 8.3%
Sn
3.00 · 25.0%
Cl
8.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0349
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.5840
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-42.6415
eV
Raw total energy
-42.6415
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
2.1053
eV
Direct band gap
2.1313
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C8_11_spg21

Decomposition

SnCl2 MgCl2

Computed at

2023-09-08 10:02:40.554387

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: agm005996783).

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 agm005996783
data_agm005996783
_cell_length_a     7.23987
_cell_length_b     7.23987
_cell_length_c     8.08391
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  113.51730
_cell_volume       388.52936
_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 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.00000 0.50000 0.25720 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.50000 0.00000 0.74280 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.71023 0.28977 0.50000 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.73693 0.26307 0.00000 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.71435 0.74008 0.72257 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.74008 0.71435 0.27743 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.25992 0.28565 0.27743 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.28565 0.25992 0.72257 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.26307 0.73693 0.00000 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.28977 0.71023 0.50000 1.00000
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