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Basic Information

Formula
CdSiP2
MP-ID
mp-1008472
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
4.8419
g/cm³
Volume
69.43
ų
Cell a
4.6134
Å
Cell b
4.6134
Å
Cell c
4.6134
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 12)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
23.62 3.7668 43.7 (1,1,1)
27.34 3.2621 20.6 (1,1,0)
39.05 2.3067 100.0 (2,1,1)
46.15 1.9672 22.1 (2,2,1)
48.32 1.8834 6.0 (2,2,2)
56.41 1.6311 16.2 (2,2,0)
62.00 1.4968 8.7 (3,2,2)
63.80 1.4589 7.5 (3,2,1)
70.74 1.3318 32.5 (3,3,2)
75.76 1.2556 6.3 (3,3,3)
83.89 1.1533 10.5 (4,2,2)
88.70 1.1028 6.5 (4,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.52450
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-11.19622
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.7971
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.6935
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.36
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
72.574
GPa
GVRH
-8.822
GPa
Young's Modulus E
-
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
-
Pugh Ratio K/G
-8.226
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
11.132
Lame λ
78.455
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
P · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.750
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
0.2411
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
13.922%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2110
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-26.131
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008472
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CdSiP2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008472, 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_CdSiP2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.61336829
_cell_length_b   4.61336829
_cell_length_c   4.61336829
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CdSiP2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Cd1 Si1 P2'
_cell_volume   69.42875538
_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
  Cd  Cd0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  P  P2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
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