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Nd8Sn6Ge

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Alex-ID: agm072079979 · Space group: R-3 (#148)

Basic Information

Formula
Nd8Sn6Ge
Alex-ID
agm072079979
Elements
3
Sites
15
Space group
R-3 (#148)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
492.59
ų
Cell a
8.2285
Å
Cell b
8.2285
Å
Cell c
8.2285
Å
α angle
72.43
°
β angle
72.43
°
γ angle
72.43
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Nd8Sn6Ge
Nd
8.00 · 53.3%
Sn
6.00 · 40.0%
Ge
1.00 · 6.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1450
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.6321
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-76.2947
eV
Raw total energy
-76.2947
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0142
eV
Direct band gap
0.0374
eV
DOS at Fermi level
13.2720
Total magnetisation
-0.0012
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6C8_38_spg148

Decomposition

Nd5Sn4 Nd4Ge3 NdSn

Computed at

2024-10-06 08:31:29.006254

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: agm072079979).

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 agm072079979
data_agm072079979
_cell_length_a     8.22851
_cell_length_b     8.22851
_cell_length_c     8.22851
_cell_angle_alpha  72.43298
_cell_angle_beta   72.43298
_cell_angle_gamma  72.43298
_cell_volume       492.58890
_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
  Nd1 Nd 0.68641 0.68641 0.68641 1.00000
  Nd2 Nd 0.31359 0.31359 0.31359 1.00000
  Nd3 Nd 0.16311 0.66681 0.89287 1.00000
  Nd4 Nd 0.66681 0.89287 0.16311 1.00000
  Nd5 Nd 0.89287 0.16311 0.66681 1.00000
  Nd6 Nd 0.83689 0.33319 0.10713 1.00000
  Nd7 Nd 0.33319 0.10713 0.83689 1.00000
  Nd8 Nd 0.10713 0.83689 0.33319 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.91641 0.53401 0.34248 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.53401 0.34248 0.91641 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.34248 0.91641 0.53401 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.08359 0.46599 0.65752 1.00000
  Sn5 Sn 0.46599 0.65752 0.08359 1.00000
  Sn6 Sn 0.65752 0.08359 0.46599 1.00000
  Ge1 Ge 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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