Basic Information
Formula
EuSe
MP-ID
mp-1008928
Elements
2
Sites
2
Density
7.1222
g/cm³
Volume
53.84
ų
Cell a
3.7760
Å
Cell b
3.7760
Å
Cell c
3.7760
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)
| 2θ | d (Å) | I | hkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.56 | 3.7760 | 11.5 | (1,0,0) |
| 33.56 | 2.6701 | 100.0 | (1,1,0) |
| 41.42 | 2.1801 | 3.7 | (1,1,1) |
| 48.20 | 1.8880 | 17.9 | (2,0,0) |
| 54.33 | 1.6887 | 5.1 | (2,1,0) |
| 60.01 | 1.5416 | 37.0 | (2,1,1) |
| 70.54 | 1.3350 | 11.5 | (2,2,0) |
| 75.54 | 1.2587 | 2.5 | (2,2,1) |
| 80.42 | 1.1941 | 16.2 | (3,1,0) |
| 85.24 | 1.1385 | 1.5 | (3,1,1) |
Energy Properties
Formation Energy/atom
-2.06387
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-28.48009
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2934
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.6258
eV/atom
Volume/atom
26.92
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
7.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.130020
μB/ų
Elastic Properties
KVRH
38.732
GPa
GVRH
15.025
GPa
Young's Modulus E
39.914
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.328
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.578
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.223
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
21.586
Lame λ
28.715
GPa
Feature Analysis
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Eu · 0.500
Element Family
Lanthanide
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
21.5860
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3280
Homogeneity
0.3280
Related Tasks
Citation & References
Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008928
Reference Citation
The crystal structure and related material properties of EuSe were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008928, 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
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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_EuSe
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_cell_length_a 3.77602200
_cell_length_b 3.77602200
_cell_length_c 3.77602200
_cell_angle_alpha 90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta 90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma 90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
_chemical_formula_structural EuSe
_chemical_formula_sum 'Eu1 Se1'
_cell_volume 53.83981362
_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
Eu Eu0 1 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.0
Se Se1 1 0.50000000 0.50000000 0.50000000 1.0
