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K8Hg6Au

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005998741 · Space group: R-3 (#148)

Basic Information

Formula
K8Hg6Au
Alex-ID
agm005998741
Elements
3
Sites
15
Space group
R-3 (#148)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
666.78
ų
Cell a
9.0903
Å
Cell b
9.0903
Å
Cell c
9.0903
Å
α angle
72.73
°
β angle
72.73
°
γ angle
72.73
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
K8Hg6Au
K
8.00 · 53.3%
Hg
6.00 · 40.0%
Au
1.00 · 6.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0622
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1653
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-16.7393
eV
Raw total energy
-16.7393
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
10.0792
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6C8_96_spg148

Decomposition

K2HgAu KHg K5Hg3

Computed at

2023-08-31 05:11:31.125783

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: agm005998741).

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 agm005998741
data_agm005998741
_cell_length_a     9.09028
_cell_length_b     9.09028
_cell_length_c     9.09028
_cell_angle_alpha  72.73102
_cell_angle_beta   72.73102
_cell_angle_gamma  72.73101
_cell_volume       666.77691
_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 0.15926 0.66510 0.88463 1.00000
  K2 K 0.11537 0.84074 0.33490 1.00000
  K3 K 0.33490 0.11537 0.84074 1.00000
  K4 K 0.67576 0.67576 0.67576 1.00000
  K5 K 0.32424 0.32424 0.32424 1.00000
  K6 K 0.66510 0.88463 0.15926 1.00000
  K7 K 0.88463 0.15926 0.66510 1.00000
  K8 K 0.84074 0.33490 0.11537 1.00000
  Hg1 Hg 0.06732 0.46786 0.64956 1.00000
  Hg2 Hg 0.35044 0.93268 0.53214 1.00000
  Hg3 Hg 0.53214 0.35044 0.93268 1.00000
  Hg4 Hg 0.46786 0.64956 0.06732 1.00000
  Hg5 Hg 0.64956 0.06732 0.46786 1.00000
  Hg6 Hg 0.93268 0.53214 0.35044 1.00000
  Au1 Au 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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