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KCdF3

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MP-ID: mp-10175 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
KCdF3
MP-ID
mp-10175
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
4.1145
g/cm³
Volume
84.15
ų
Cell a
4.3821
Å
Cell b
4.3821
Å
Cell c
4.3821
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 12)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
20.27 4.3821 56.3 (1,0,0)
28.81 3.0986 100.0 (1,1,0)
41.20 2.1910 45.5 (2,0,0)
46.33 1.9597 25.5 (2,1,0)
51.05 1.7890 38.8 (2,1,1)
59.68 1.5493 26.8 (2,2,0)
63.71 1.4607 11.6 (2,2,1)
67.60 1.3857 16.2 (3,1,0)
75.10 1.2650 8.4 (2,2,2)
78.74 1.2154 4.9 (3,2,0)
82.33 1.1712 18.9 (3,2,1)
89.45 1.0955 4.0 (4,0,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-2.67498
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-4.24201
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0256
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9648
eV/atom
Volume/atom
16.83
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Non-metal
Band Gap
3.093
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
55.986
GPa
GVRH
21.121
GPa
Young's Modulus E
56.285
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.332
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.651
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.808
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
1.380
Lame λ
41.905
GPa

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
F · 0.600
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

Elasticity Features

Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
1.3800
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3320
Debye Temperature
362.7
K
Sound Velocity
2,541.4
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3320

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10175
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of KCdF3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10175, 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_KCdF3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.38208902
_cell_length_b   4.38208902
_cell_length_c   4.38208902
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   KCdF3
_chemical_formula_sum   'K1 Cd1 F3'
_cell_volume   84.14795914
_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
  K  K0  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Cd  Cd1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  F  F2  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  F  F3  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  F  F4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
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