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Basic Information

Formula
HoCu4Au
MP-ID
mp-1024994
Elements
3
Sites
6
Density
11.7660
g/cm³
Volume
86.95
ų
Cell a
4.9727
Å
Cell b
4.9727
Å
Cell c
4.9727
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
F-43m
Point Group
-43m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
Stability
Yes
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
21.89 4.0602 16.4 (1,1,1)
36.13 2.4863 66.5 (2,1,1)
42.64 2.1204 100.0 (2,2,1)
44.64 2.0301 14.4 (2,2,2)
57.09 1.6134 4.3 (3,2,2)
64.97 1.4355 24.5 (3,3,2)
69.45 1.3534 30.4 (3,3,3)
76.65 1.2432 22.1 (4,2,2)
80.86 1.1887 3.7 (4,2,1)
87.79 1.1119 11.4 (4,3,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.34594
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-4.39067
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-21.5034
eV/atom
Volume/atom
14.49
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
0.0001
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
110.424
GPa
GVRH
33.425
GPa
Young's Modulus E
91.085
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.363
Pugh Ratio K/G
3.304
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.033
Lame λ
88.141
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Cu · 0.667
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.333
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.8676
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.2129
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
1.9166
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
12.518%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3782
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
11.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-5.333
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.7897
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1024994
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of HoCu4Au were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1024994, 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_HoCu4Au
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.97268859
_cell_length_b   4.97268859
_cell_length_c   4.97268859
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   HoCu4Au
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ho1 Cu4 Au1'
_cell_volume   86.94783840
_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
  Ho  Ho0  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu1  1  0.37421529  0.37421529  0.37421529  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.87735713  0.37421529  0.37421529  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.37421529  0.87735713  0.37421529  1.0
  Cu  Cu4  1  0.37421529  0.37421529  0.87735713  1.0
  Au  Au5  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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