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Zn3Cr8NiS16

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm021009720 · Space group: P-4m2 (#115)

Basic Information

Formula
Zn3Cr8NiS16
Alex-ID
agm021009720
Elements
4
Sites
28
Space group
P-4m2 (#115)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
494.84
ų
Cell a
7.0474
Å
Cell b
7.0474
Å
Cell c
9.9634
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Zn3Cr8NiS16
Zn
3.00 · 10.7%
Cr
8.00 · 28.6%
Ni
1.00 · 3.6%
S
16.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0086
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.0945
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-183.2911
eV
Raw total energy
-172.6758
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
7.1835
Total magnetisation
21.9682
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C8D16_3_spg115

Decomposition

Cr2NiS4 Zn(CrS2)2

Computed at

2024-10-02 07:11:56.451902

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: agm021009720).

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 agm021009720
data_agm021009720
_cell_length_a     7.04739
_cell_length_b     7.04739
_cell_length_c     9.96342
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       494.83988
_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
  Zn1 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.50000 0.00000 0.25001 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.00000 0.50000 0.74999 1.00000
  Cr1 Cr 0.74488 0.00000 0.62235 1.00000
  Cr2 Cr 0.25128 0.50000 0.12878 1.00000
  Cr3 Cr 0.25512 0.00000 0.62235 1.00000
  Cr4 Cr 0.74872 0.50000 0.12878 1.00000
  Cr5 Cr 0.00000 0.25512 0.37765 1.00000
  Cr6 Cr 0.50000 0.74872 0.87122 1.00000
  Cr7 Cr 0.50000 0.25128 0.87122 1.00000
  Cr8 Cr 0.00000 0.74488 0.37765 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  S1 S 0.76239 0.50000 0.37069 1.00000
  S2 S 0.27104 0.00000 0.86264 1.00000
  S3 S 0.23761 0.50000 0.37069 1.00000
  S4 S 0.72896 0.00000 0.86264 1.00000
  S5 S 0.50000 0.23761 0.62931 1.00000
  S6 S 0.00000 0.72896 0.13736 1.00000
  S7 S 0.50000 0.76239 0.62931 1.00000
  S8 S 0.00000 0.27104 0.13736 1.00000
  S9 S 0.22811 0.00000 0.38439 1.00000
  S10 S 0.72987 0.50000 0.88619 1.00000
  S11 S 0.77189 0.00000 0.38439 1.00000
  S12 S 0.27013 0.50000 0.88619 1.00000
  S13 S 0.50000 0.27013 0.11381 1.00000
  S14 S 0.00000 0.77189 0.61561 1.00000
  S15 S 0.50000 0.72987 0.11381 1.00000
  S16 S 0.00000 0.22811 0.61561 1.00000
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