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Mg(CoCl3)3

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Alex-ID: agm006012136 · Space group: Cc (#9)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg(CoCl3)3
Alex-ID
agm006012136
Elements
3
Sites
26
Space group
Cc (#9)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
727.15
ų
Cell a
8.6969
Å
Cell b
9.6148
Å
Cell c
10.7138
Å
α angle
75.02
°
β angle
66.05
°
γ angle
63.11
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg(CoCl3)3
Mg
2.00 · 7.7%
Co
6.00 · 23.1%
Cl
18.00 · 69.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0689
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.2070
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-99.8833
eV
Raw total energy
-99.8833
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0079
eV
Direct band gap
0.0079
eV
DOS at Fermi level
19.4595
Total magnetisation
20.0007
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C9_164_spg9

Decomposition

CoCl2 CoCl3 MgCl2

Computed at

2023-08-10 01:16:55.948523

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: agm006012136).

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 agm006012136
data_agm006012136
_cell_length_a     8.69689
_cell_length_b     9.61479
_cell_length_c     10.71376
_cell_angle_alpha  75.01752
_cell_angle_beta   66.05405
_cell_angle_gamma  63.11082
_cell_volume       727.14566
_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 0.01880 0.50023 0.00262 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.47835 0.00023 0.50262 1.00000
  Co1 Co 0.80940 0.55437 0.67747 1.00000
  Co2 Co 0.95876 0.05437 0.17747 1.00000
  Co3 Co 0.99772 0.94960 0.82732 1.00000
  Co4 Co 0.22536 0.44960 0.32732 1.00000
  Co5 Co 0.57482 0.24959 0.72400 1.00000
  Co6 Co 0.45160 0.74959 0.22400 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.32363 0.19185 0.33630 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.14822 0.69185 0.83630 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.35413 0.30047 0.92488 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.42053 0.80047 0.42488 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.17178 0.07643 0.69493 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.05685 0.57643 0.19493 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.71699 0.74159 0.06819 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.47323 0.24159 0.56819 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.81207 0.94057 0.36660 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.88076 0.44057 0.86660 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.58303 0.78781 0.69030 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.93887 0.28781 0.19030 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.47655 0.50335 0.23685 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.78325 0.00335 0.73685 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.74171 0.39643 0.60486 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.25700 0.89643 0.10486 1.00000
  Cl17 Cl 0.83803 0.06522 0.02352 1.00000
  Cl18 Cl 0.07324 0.56522 0.52352 1.00000
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