PtC
Traditional Materials TRAMP-ID: mp-1002228 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)
Basic Information
Formula
PtC
MP-ID
mp-1002228
Elements
2
Sites
2
Density
15.3991
g/cm³
Volume
22.33
ų
Cell a
2.8161
Å
Cell b
2.8161
Å
Cell c
2.8161
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 6)
| 2θ | d (Å) | I | hkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31.78 | 2.8161 | 100.0 | (1,0,0) |
| 45.56 | 1.9913 | 93.0 | (1,1,0) |
| 56.61 | 1.6259 | 27.4 | (1,1,1) |
| 66.39 | 1.4080 | 15.1 | (2,0,0) |
| 75.49 | 1.2594 | 35.9 | (2,1,0) |
| 84.22 | 1.1497 | 32.1 | (2,1,1) |
Energy Properties
Formation Energy/atom
2.00909
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-28.70839
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
2.0091
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.6408
eV/atom
Volume/atom
11.17
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000
Electronic Properties
Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV
Magnetic Properties
Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0001
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų
Elastic Properties
KVRH
225.203
GPa
GVRH
-10.477
GPa
Young's Modulus E
-
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
-
Pugh Ratio K/G
-21.495
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
-67.622
Lame λ
232.188
GPa
Feature Analysis
Composition Overview
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Pt · 0.500
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.500
Traditional Material Features
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.424
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Pt · 0.500
Related Tasks
Citation & References
Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1002228
Reference Citation
The crystal structure and related material properties of PtC were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1002228, 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
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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_PtC
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_cell_length_a 2.81605100
_cell_length_b 2.81605100
_cell_length_c 2.81605100
_cell_angle_alpha 90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta 90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma 90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
_chemical_formula_structural PtC
_chemical_formula_sum 'Pt1 C1'
_cell_volume 22.33168779
_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
Pt Pt0 1 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.0
C C1 1 0.50000000 0.50000000 0.50000000 1.0
