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MgBe2Al9

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Alex-ID: agm101490299 · Space group: P6/mmm (#191)

Basic Information

Formula
MgBe2Al9
Alex-ID
agm101490299
Elements
3
Sites
12
Space group
P6/mmm (#191)
Crystal system
hexagonal
Volume
202.02
ų
Cell a
7.9381
Å
Cell b
7.9381
Å
Cell c
3.7020
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgBe2Al9
Mg
1.00 · 8.3%
Be
2.00 · 16.7%
Al
9.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1385
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.1210
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-41.3052
eV
Raw total energy
-41.3052
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
5.3051
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C9_8_spg191

Decomposition

Mg6Al7 MgBe13 MgAl19

Computed at

2025-05-18 11:25:27

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: agm101490299).

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 agm101490299
data_agm101490299
_cell_length_a     7.93809
_cell_length_b     7.93809
_cell_length_c     3.70204
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       202.02479
_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 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Be1 Be 0.33333 0.66667 0.00000 1.00000
  Be2 Be 0.66667 0.33333 0.00000 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.59433 0.79716 0.50000 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Al3 Al 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Al4 Al 0.20284 0.40567 0.50000 1.00000
  Al5 Al 0.40567 0.20284 0.50000 1.00000
  Al6 Al 0.79716 0.20284 0.50000 1.00000
  Al7 Al 0.79716 0.59433 0.50000 1.00000
  Al8 Al 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Al9 Al 0.20284 0.79716 0.50000 1.00000
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