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Basic Information

Formula
ScCo3C
MP-ID
mp-10270
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
7.1818
g/cm³
Volume
54.05
ų
Cell a
3.7809
Å
Cell b
3.7810
Å
Cell c
3.7810
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
23.53 3.7810 4.0 (0,1,0)
23.53 3.7809 2.0 (1,0,0)
41.36 2.1829 100.0 (1,1,1)
48.13 1.8905 36.9 (0,2,0)
48.13 1.8904 18.4 (2,0,0)
70.44 1.3368 10.5 (0,2,2)
70.44 1.3368 21.1 (2,2,0)
85.10 1.1400 21.1 (1,3,1)
85.10 1.1400 10.5 (3,1,1)
89.87 1.0915 10.7 (2,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.14659
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-12.35627
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1030
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-12.3563
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.81
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
208.929
GPa
GVRH
96.179
GPa
Young's Modulus E
250.152
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.300
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.172
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.295
Lame λ
144.810
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Co · 0.600
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.200
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9503
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.9005
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.3136
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
21.998%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3781
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.800
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-55.123
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8650
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10270
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of ScCo3C were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10270, 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_ScCo3C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.78085852
_cell_length_b   3.78097813
_cell_length_c   3.78097813
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   ScCo3C
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sc1 Co3 C1'
_cell_volume   54.05038067
_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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Co  Co1  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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