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Y2CdSn3

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Alex-ID: agm040142893 · Space group: Cmmm (#65)

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Basic Information

Formula
Y2CdSn3
Alex-ID
agm040142893
Elements
3
Sites
6
Space group
Cmmm (#65)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
154.15
ų
Cell a
7.8847
Å
Cell b
7.8847
Å
Cell c
4.6452
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
147.74
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Y2CdSn3
Y
2.00 · 33.3%
Cd
1.00 · 16.7%
Sn
3.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0101
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.5681
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-29.2670
eV
Raw total energy
-29.2670
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0022
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.6766
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_57_spg65

Decomposition

YCd2Sn YSn2 YSn

Computed at

2024-11-01 11:01:43.558068

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: agm040142893).

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}
}

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Raw CIF Data 
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm040142893
data_agm040142893
_cell_length_a     7.88471
_cell_length_b     7.88471
_cell_length_c     4.64517
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  147.73928
_cell_volume       154.14519
_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
  Y1 Y 0.34902 0.65098 0.50000 1.00000
  Y2 Y 0.65098 0.34902 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.17592 0.82408 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.82408 0.17592 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
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