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MP-ID: mp-1008376 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
CeH3
MP-ID
mp-1008376
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
5.8857
g/cm³
Volume
40.38
ų
Cell a
3.8510
Å
Cell b
3.8510
Å
Cell c
3.8510
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 9)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
28.38 3.1444 100.0 (1,1,1)
32.89 2.7231 51.1 (1,1,0)
47.20 1.9255 39.7 (2,1,1)
56.00 1.6421 45.1 (2,2,1)
58.73 1.5722 13.0 (2,2,2)
68.97 1.3615 6.2 (2,2,0)
76.20 1.2494 18.2 (3,2,2)
78.55 1.2178 16.8 (3,2,1)
87.81 1.1117 13.3 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.57476
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-10.87625
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0498
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-10.8763
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.10
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
1.0059
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.024910
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
41.701
GPa
GVRH
62.301
GPa
Young's Modulus E
124.769
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.001
Pugh Ratio K/G
0.669
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.652
Lame λ
0.167
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
H · 0.750
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.688
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
H · 0.750

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008376
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CeH3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008376, 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_CeH3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.85102621
_cell_length_b   3.85102621
_cell_length_c   3.85102621
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CeH3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ce1 H3'
_cell_volume   40.38447362
_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
  Ce  Ce0  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  H  H1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  H  H2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  H  H3  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
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