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Mg3ZnCd3

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Alex-ID: agm044174124 · Space group: Imm2 (#44)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg3ZnCd3
Alex-ID
agm044174124
Elements
3
Sites
7
Space group
Imm2 (#44)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
148.51
ų
Cell a
10.1916
Å
Cell b
10.1916
Å
Cell c
10.1916
Å
α angle
161.73
°
β angle
153.40
°
γ angle
32.46
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg3ZnCd3
Mg
3.00 · 42.9%
Zn
1.00 · 14.3%
Cd
3.00 · 42.9%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0493
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0556
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-9.2218
eV
Raw total energy
-9.2218
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0783
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.2018
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C3_582_spg8

Decomposition

MgCd3 Mg4Zn7 MgCd

Computed at

2025-05-19 13:28:19

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: agm044174124).

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 agm044174124
data_agm044174124
_cell_length_a     10.19162
_cell_length_b     10.19162
_cell_length_c     10.19162
_cell_angle_alpha  161.72903
_cell_angle_beta   153.39771
_cell_angle_gamma  32.46486
_cell_volume       148.50742
_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 0.19910 0.19910 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.79415 0.79415 0.00000 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.50469 0.00469 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.07101 0.57101 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.34944 0.34944 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.64364 0.64364 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.93439 0.43439 0.50000 1.00000
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