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Basic Information

Formula
ZnCo3C
MP-ID
mp-10271
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
8.1545
g/cm³
Volume
51.77
ų
Cell a
3.7269
Å
Cell b
3.7271
Å
Cell c
3.7269
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
41.99 2.1518 100.0 (1,1,1)
48.87 1.8635 18.1 (0,2,0)
48.88 1.8635 18.1 (0,0,2)
48.88 1.8634 18.1 (2,0,0)
71.61 1.3177 10.4 (0,2,2)
71.61 1.3177 10.4 (2,2,0)
71.62 1.3177 10.4 (2,0,2)
86.63 1.1237 10.8 (1,3,1)
86.64 1.1237 10.8 (1,1,3)
86.64 1.1237 10.8 (3,1,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.10896
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-11.60314
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1223
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-11.6031
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.35
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
2.9517
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.057020
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
227.960
GPa
GVRH
113.893
GPa
Young's Modulus E
292.900
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.286
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.002
Vickers Hardness Est.
11.174
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.370
Lame λ
152.031
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
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.3700
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2860
Debye Temperature
569.1
K
Sound Velocity
4,167.0
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2860

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10271
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of ZnCo3C were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10271, 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_ZnCo3C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.72687582
_cell_length_b   3.72706281
_cell_length_c   3.72692445
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   ZnCo3C
_chemical_formula_sum   'Zn1 Co3 C1'
_cell_volume   51.76809968
_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
  Zn  Zn0  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  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.50000000  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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