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MP-ID: mp-1001571 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
CaFeO3
MP-ID
mp-1001571
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
4.2319
g/cm³
Volume
56.47
ų
Cell a
3.8366
Å
Cell b
3.8366
Å
Cell c
3.8366
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Pm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.5236

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
23.18 3.8366 20.7 (1,0,0)
33.02 2.7129 100.0 (1,1,0)
40.73 2.2151 4.8 (1,1,1)
47.39 1.9183 51.3 (2,0,0)
53.40 1.7158 6.8 (2,1,0)
58.97 1.5663 35.0 (2,1,1)
69.27 1.3565 27.1 (2,2,0)
74.14 1.2789 2.6 (3,0,0)
78.90 1.2132 14.2 (3,1,0)
88.22 1.1075 8.7 (2,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-2.17637
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-7.24027
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0522
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.3769
eV/atom
Volume/atom
11.29
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
4.0602
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.071900
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
O · 0.600
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9503
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.9005
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
1.5260
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
54.233%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
1.0262
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
4.400
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
3.200
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8650
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1001571
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CaFeO3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1001571, database version v2026.04.13).

Literature Citation

Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_CaFeO3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.83661000
_cell_length_b   3.83661000
_cell_length_c   3.83661000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CaFeO3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ca1 Fe1 O3'
_cell_volume   56.47327360
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O3  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
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