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MgGa2Ni3

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Alex-ID: agm032208221 · Space group: P-3m1 (#164)

Basic Information

Formula
MgGa2Ni3
Alex-ID
agm032208221
Elements
3
Sites
6
Space group
P-3m1 (#164)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
77.29
ų
Cell a
4.1592
Å
Cell b
4.1592
Å
Cell c
5.1589
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgGa2Ni3
Mg
1.00 · 16.7%
Ga
2.00 · 33.3%
Ni
3.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0107
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3678
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-27.2116
eV
Raw total energy
-27.2116
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.3522
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_76_spg164

Decomposition

GaNi Mg2GaNi3

Computed at

2025-04-13 16:40:00

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: agm032208221).

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 agm032208221
data_agm032208221
_cell_length_a     4.15919
_cell_length_b     4.15919
_cell_length_c     5.15894
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       77.28740
_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 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ga1 Ga 0.66667 0.33333 0.81040 1.00000
  Ga2 Ga 0.33333 0.66667 0.18960 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.66667 0.33333 0.29116 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.33333 0.66667 0.70884 1.00000
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