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Mg(FeCl3)3

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Alex-ID: agm006012153 · Space group: Cc (#9)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg(FeCl3)3
Alex-ID
agm006012153
Elements
3
Sites
26
Space group
Cc (#9)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
758.11
ų
Cell a
8.8396
Å
Cell b
9.7046
Å
Cell c
10.9060
Å
α angle
74.89
°
β angle
66.09
°
γ angle
62.91
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg(FeCl3)3
Mg
2.00 · 7.7%
Fe
6.00 · 23.1%
Cl
18.00 · 69.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0558
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.3608
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-111.9154
eV
Raw total energy
-111.9154
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0362
eV
Direct band gap
0.0362
eV
DOS at Fermi level
20.8518
Total magnetisation
26.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C9_164_spg9

Decomposition

FeCl2 Fe3Cl8 MgCl2

Computed at

2023-08-10 03:14:45.968307

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: agm006012153).

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 agm006012153
data_agm006012153
_cell_length_a     8.83964
_cell_length_b     9.70462
_cell_length_c     10.90597
_cell_angle_alpha  74.88841
_cell_angle_beta   66.09218
_cell_angle_gamma  62.90708
_cell_volume       758.10811
_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 0.02207 0.49901 0.00411 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.47481 0.99901 0.50411 1.00000
  Fe1 Fe 0.80661 0.55949 0.68024 1.00000
  Fe2 Fe 0.95366 0.05949 0.18024 1.00000
  Fe3 Fe 0.00510 0.94434 0.82358 1.00000
  Fe4 Fe 0.22698 0.44434 0.32358 1.00000
  Fe5 Fe 0.56513 0.24506 0.72708 1.00000
  Fe6 Fe 0.46273 0.74506 0.22708 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.33027 0.18539 0.33275 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.15159 0.68539 0.83275 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.34899 0.29589 0.92894 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.42618 0.79589 0.42894 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.16337 0.08021 0.68072 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.07569 0.58021 0.18072 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.72403 0.73847 0.06923 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.46828 0.23847 0.56923 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.80027 0.94407 0.36297 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.89269 0.44407 0.86297 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.57838 0.79558 0.68843 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.93760 0.29558 0.18843 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.48054 0.49808 0.24369 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.77769 0.99808 0.74369 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.72648 0.40026 0.61932 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.25394 0.90026 0.11932 1.00000
  Cl17 Cl 0.84394 0.07165 0.01679 1.00000
  Cl18 Cl 0.06762 0.57165 0.51679 1.00000
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