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MP-ID: mp-1008555 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
AlCu3
MP-ID
mp-1008555
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
7.5090
g/cm³
Volume
48.12
ų
Cell a
3.6374
Å
Cell b
3.6374
Å
Cell c
3.6374
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
24.47 3.6374 10.9 (1,0,0)
34.88 2.5720 9.0 (1,1,0)
43.07 2.1000 100.0 (1,1,1)
50.16 1.8187 46.8 (2,0,0)
56.58 1.6267 4.0 (2,1,0)
62.55 1.4850 2.8 (2,1,1)
73.66 1.2860 27.1 (2,2,0)
78.96 1.2125 1.6 (3,0,0)
84.17 1.1502 1.1 (3,1,0)
89.33 1.0967 32.3 (3,1,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.19345
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-10.01157
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0085
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-10.0116
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.03
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
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
138.447
GPa
GVRH
41.554
GPa
Young's Modulus E
113.324
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.364
Pugh Ratio K/G
3.332
Vickers Hardness Est.
1.329
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
10.074
Lame λ
110.744
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Cu · 0.750
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
10.0740
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3640
Debye Temperature
344.2
K
Sound Velocity
2,649.7
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3640

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008555
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of AlCu3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008555, 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_AlCu3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.63737667
_cell_length_b   3.63737667
_cell_length_c   3.63737667
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   AlCu3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Al1 Cu3'
_cell_volume   48.12434491
_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
  Cu  Cu1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.50000000  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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