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Basic Information

Formula
AlCo3C
MP-ID
mp-10037
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
6.9444
g/cm³
Volume
51.60
ų
Cell a
3.7229
Å
Cell b
3.7229
Å
Cell c
3.7229
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 9)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
23.90 3.7229 18.5 (1,0,0)
34.06 2.6325 4.0 (1,1,0)
42.04 2.1494 100.0 (1,1,1)
48.93 1.8615 56.0 (2,0,0)
55.17 1.6649 5.7 (2,1,0)
60.96 1.5199 1.5 (2,1,1)
71.70 1.3163 32.4 (2,2,0)
76.81 1.2410 2.3 (3,0,0)
86.75 1.1225 32.5 (3,1,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.20123
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-11.47763
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0214
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-7.0831
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.32
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
0.0002
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
232.832
GPa
GVRH
114.737
GPa
Young's Modulus E
295.647
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.288
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.029
Vickers Hardness Est.
11.008
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.455
Lame λ
156.341
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Co · 0.600
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.200
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.4550
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2880
Debye Temperature
619.8
K
Sound Velocity
4,533.6
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2880

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10037
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of AlCo3C were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10037, 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_AlCo3C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.72291100
_cell_length_b   3.72291100
_cell_length_c   3.72291100
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   AlCo3C
_chemical_formula_sum   'Al1 Co3 C1'
_cell_volume   51.59979334
_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
  Al  Al0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Co  Co1  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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