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Basic Information

Formula
CrCu2Si
MP-ID
mp-1007924
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.8199
g/cm³
Volume
50.44
ų
Cell a
4.1474
Å
Cell b
4.1474
Å
Cell c
4.1474
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.7405

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
26.32 3.3863 3.5 (1,1,1)
30.48 2.9326 8.7 (1,1,0)
43.65 2.0737 100.0 (2,1,1)
51.69 1.7685 1.4 (2,2,1)
54.17 1.6932 2.3 (2,2,2)
63.44 1.4663 15.0 (2,2,0)
72.00 1.3115 2.7 (3,2,1)
80.17 1.1972 29.2 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.20897
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-11.17620
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.3167
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.6823
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.61
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
3.3498
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
3
Magnetization/Volume
0.066410
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
130.299
GPa
GVRH
7.905
GPa
Young's Modulus E
23.245
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.470
Pugh Ratio K/G
16.483
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
-13.489
Lame λ
125.029
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Cu · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.250
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
1.0538
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
3.803%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1039
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
8.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-13.500
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
1
Phase Tendency
SS

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1007924
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CrCu2Si were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1007924, 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_CrCu2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.14737643
_cell_length_b   4.14737643
_cell_length_c   4.14737643
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CrCu2Si
_chemical_formula_sum   'Cr1 Cu2 Si1'
_cell_volume   50.44351817
_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
  Cr  Cr0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Si  Si3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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