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ErCoCl6

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm071005876 · Space group: P4_332 (#212)

Basic Information

Formula
ErCoCl6
Alex-ID
agm071005876
Elements
3
Sites
32
Space group
P4_332 (#212)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
1,104.49
ų
Cell a
10.3368
Å
Cell b
10.3368
Å
Cell c
10.3368
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
ErCoCl6
Er
4.00 · 12.5%
Co
4.00 · 12.5%
Cl
24.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0558
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.8238
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-135.2003
eV
Raw total energy
-135.2003
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
1.1483
eV
Direct band gap
1.1487
eV
DOS at Fermi level
-0.1052
Total magnetisation
0.6052
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC6_1361_spg212

Decomposition

CoCl3 ErCl3

Computed at

2024-08-06 00:10:04.594651

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: agm071005876).

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 agm071005876
data_agm071005876
_cell_length_a     10.33683
_cell_length_b     10.33683
_cell_length_c     10.33683
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       1104.48935
_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 0.62500 0.62500 0.62500 1.00000
  Er2 Er 0.87500 0.37500 0.12500 1.00000
  Er3 Er 0.37500 0.12500 0.87500 1.00000
  Er4 Er 0.12500 0.87500 0.37500 1.00000
  Co1 Co 0.12500 0.12500 0.12500 1.00000
  Co2 Co 0.37500 0.87500 0.62500 1.00000
  Co3 Co 0.87500 0.62500 0.37500 1.00000
  Co4 Co 0.62500 0.37500 0.87500 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.59560 0.87755 0.62696 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.90440 0.12245 0.12696 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.40440 0.37755 0.87304 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.09560 0.62245 0.37304 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.62696 0.59560 0.87755 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.12696 0.90440 0.12245 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.87304 0.40440 0.37755 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.37304 0.09560 0.62245 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.87755 0.62696 0.59560 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.12245 0.12696 0.90440 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.37755 0.87304 0.40440 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.62245 0.37304 0.09560 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.12755 0.34560 0.12304 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.37245 0.65440 0.62304 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.62755 0.15440 0.87696 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.87245 0.84560 0.37696 1.00000
  Cl17 Cl 0.84560 0.37696 0.87245 1.00000
  Cl18 Cl 0.15440 0.87696 0.62755 1.00000
  Cl19 Cl 0.65440 0.62304 0.37245 1.00000
  Cl20 Cl 0.34560 0.12304 0.12755 1.00000
  Cl21 Cl 0.87696 0.62755 0.15440 1.00000
  Cl22 Cl 0.37696 0.87245 0.84560 1.00000
  Cl23 Cl 0.12304 0.12755 0.34560 1.00000
  Cl24 Cl 0.62304 0.37245 0.65440 1.00000
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