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Basic Information

Formula
CrFe2Sn
MP-ID
mp-1008226
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
8.6597
g/cm³
Volume
54.15
ų
Cell a
4.2466
Å
Cell b
4.2466
Å
Cell c
4.2466
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
25.69 3.4673 12.9 (1,1,1)
29.75 3.0028 4.9 (1,1,0)
42.58 2.1233 100.0 (2,1,1)
50.40 1.8108 7.5 (2,2,1)
52.81 1.7337 1.5 (2,2,2)
61.79 1.5014 15.8 (2,2,0)
68.05 1.3778 3.5 (3,2,2)
70.07 1.3429 2.3 (3,2,1)
77.93 1.2259 31.7 (3,3,2)
83.67 1.1558 3.0 (3,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.25435
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-7.39632
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2557
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-7.3963
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.54
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
4.0285
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
3
Magnetization/Volume
0.074390
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
143.331
GPa
GVRH
22.082
GPa
Young's Modulus E
63.010
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.427
Pugh Ratio K/G
6.491
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
-33.224
Lame λ
128.610
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Fe · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
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
1.4951
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
7.961%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1065
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
9.117
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008226
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CrFe2Sn were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008226, 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_CrFe2Sn
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.24659341
_cell_length_b   4.24659341
_cell_length_c   4.24659341
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CrFe2Sn
_chemical_formula_sum   'Cr1 Fe2 Sn1'
_cell_volume   54.15107066
_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  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Sn  Sn3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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