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Basic Information

Formula
CrFe2Si
MP-ID
mp-1018068
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
7.2898
g/cm³
Volume
43.68
ų
Cell a
3.9532
Å
Cell b
3.9532
Å
Cell c
3.9532
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 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
27.64 3.2277 4.5 (1,1,1)
32.02 2.7953 4.5 (1,1,0)
45.91 1.9766 100.0 (2,1,1)
54.43 1.6856 1.6 (2,2,1)
57.07 1.6139 1.1 (2,2,2)
66.95 1.3977 14.7 (2,2,0)
76.15 1.2501 1.2 (3,2,1)
84.99 1.1412 29.1 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.23806
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-8.24266
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0723
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.2604
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.92
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
1.9996
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
3
Magnetization/Volume
0.045780
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
227.075
GPa
GVRH
-57.475
GPa
Young's Modulus E
-
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
-
Pugh Ratio K/G
-3.951
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
-6.794
Lame λ
265.392
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Fe · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.250
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
0.5780
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
3.432%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.0885
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-28.000
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1018068
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CrFe2Si were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1018068, 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_CrFe2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.95316248
_cell_length_b   3.95316248
_cell_length_c   3.95316248
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CrFe2Si
_chemical_formula_sum   'Cr1 Fe2 Si1'
_cell_volume   43.68365796
_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
  Cr  Cr0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Si  Si3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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