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Er2ZnSi4Ni3

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Alex-ID: agm033956554 · Space group: P-4m2 (#115)

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Basic Information

Formula
Er2ZnSi4Ni3
Alex-ID
agm033956554
Elements
4
Sites
10
Space group
P-4m2 (#115)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
152.66
ų
Cell a
3.9346
Å
Cell b
3.9346
Å
Cell c
9.8616
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Er2ZnSi4Ni3
Er
2.00 · 20.0%
Zn
1.00 · 10.0%
Si
4.00 · 40.0%
Ni
3.00 · 30.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0173
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.7427
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-56.8751
eV
Raw total energy
-56.8751
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0323
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.4307
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3D4_65_spg1

Decomposition

Er2Si5Ni3 Er(SiNi)2 Er2Zn17 ErSi2Ni

Computed at

2025-02-28 19:42:54

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: agm033956554).

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 agm033956554
data_agm033956554
_cell_length_a     3.93455
_cell_length_b     3.93455
_cell_length_c     9.86162
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       152.66473
_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
  Er1 Er 0.50000 0.00000 0.74287 1.00000
  Er2 Er 0.00000 0.50000 0.25713 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.00000 0.50000 0.86061 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.50000 0.00000 0.37913 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.50000 0.00000 0.13939 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.00000 0.50000 0.62087 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
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