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Mn5ZnS8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm006117820 · Space group: F-43m (#216)

Basic Information

Formula
Mn5ZnS8
Alex-ID
agm006117820
Elements
3
Sites
14
Space group
F-43m (#216)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
261.76
ų
Cell a
7.1802
Å
Cell b
7.1802
Å
Cell c
7.1802
Å
α angle
60.00
°
β angle
60.00
°
γ angle
60.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mn5ZnS8
Mn
5.00 · 35.7%
Zn
1.00 · 7.1%
S
8.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0440
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.9354
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-93.2410
eV
Raw total energy
-87.9333
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
8.4700
Total magnetisation
20.4133
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB5C8_44_spg216

Decomposition

Mn2S3 ZnS MnS

Computed at

2023-08-11 07:56:40.575452

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: agm006117820).

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 agm006117820
data_agm006117820
_cell_length_a     7.18024
_cell_length_b     7.18024
_cell_length_c     7.18024
_cell_angle_alpha  60.00000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  60.00000
_cell_volume       261.75921
_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
  Mn1 Mn 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Mn2 Mn 0.62363 0.62363 0.12911 1.00000
  Mn3 Mn 0.62363 0.62363 0.62363 1.00000
  Mn4 Mn 0.12911 0.62363 0.62363 1.00000
  Mn5 Mn 0.62363 0.12911 0.62363 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.25000 0.25000 0.25000 1.00000
  S1 S 0.38361 0.84916 0.38361 1.00000
  S2 S 0.84916 0.38361 0.38361 1.00000
  S3 S 0.38361 0.38361 0.38361 1.00000
  S4 S 0.38361 0.38361 0.84916 1.00000
  S5 S 0.86590 0.86590 0.40230 1.00000
  S6 S 0.40230 0.86590 0.86590 1.00000
  S7 S 0.86590 0.86590 0.86590 1.00000
  S8 S 0.86590 0.40230 0.86590 1.00000
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