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Ca5CdCu2

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MP-ID: mp-1105558 · Space group: I4/mcm (#140)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca5CdCu2
MP-ID
mp-1105558
Elements
3
Sites
16
Density
3.1762
g/cm³
Volume
459.97
ų
Cell a
7.9054
Å
Cell b
7.9054
Å
Cell c
9.2362
Å
α Angle
115.30
°
β Angle
115.30
°
γ Angle
89.98
°
Space Group
I4/mcm
Point Group
4/mmm
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
Tetragonal I
Stability
Yes
Packing Fraction
0.7400

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; CuKa ; λ=1.5406 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
12.03 7.3599 9.8 (0,0,1)
15.85 5.5910 5.2 (1,1,-1)
15.86 5.5890 5.1 (1,-1,0)
19.93 4.4553 50.2 (1,1,0)
19.95 4.4511 100.0 (1,-1,1)
19.96 4.4489 49.8 (1,1,-2)
22.49 3.9527 29.6 (2,0,-1)
24.19 3.6800 27.4 (0,0,2)
25.57 3.4838 2.5 (2,0,0)
25.59 3.4808 2.5 (2,0,-2)
29.03 3.0760 12.3 (1,1,1)
29.05 3.0735 24.6 (1,-1,2)
29.07 3.0718 12.3 (1,1,-3)
31.16 2.8706 62.0 (2,1,0)
31.18 2.8687 62.1 (2,-1,1)
31.19 2.8675 61.7 (2,-1,-2)
31.20 2.8668 62.0 (2,1,-3)
32.02 2.7955 31.8 (2,2,-2)
32.03 2.7945 31.8 (2,-2,0)
33.25 2.6948 92.7 (2,0,1)
33.28 2.6920 92.2 (2,0,-3)
34.30 2.6146 3.6 (2,2,-1)
34.33 2.6125 7.2 (2,-2,1)
34.33 2.6121 3.6 (2,2,-3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.17986
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-2.57816
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-9.7889
eV/atom
Volume/atom
28.75
ų
c/a Ratio
1.1683

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

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ca · 0.625
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.375
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9003
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.4847
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.4392
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
17.486%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4064
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-18.929
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8194
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
B
Score
0.573
Family
Ca-rich Multi-Component
Matrix Element
Ca · 0.625

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1105558
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ca5CdCu2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1105558, 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

BibTeX
@article{Horton2025,
  author  = {Horton, Matthew K. and Huck, Patrick and Yang, Ruo Xi and Munro, Jason M. and Dwaraknath, Shyam and Ganose, Alex M. and Kingsbury, Ryan S. and Wen, Mingjian and Shen, Jimmy X. and Mathis, Tyler S. and Kaplan, Aaron D. and Berket, Karlo and Riebesell, Janosh and George, Janine and Rosen, Andrew S. and Spotte-Smith, Evan W. C. and McDermott, Matthew J. and Cohen, Orion A. and Dunn, Alex and Kuner, Matthew C. and Rignanese, Gian-Marco and Petretto, Guido and Waroquiers, David and Griffin, Sinead M. and Neaton, Jeffrey B. and Chrzan, Daryl C. and Asta, Mark and Hautier, Geoffroy and Cholia, Shreyas and Ceder, Gerbrand and Ong, Shyue Ping and Jain, Anubhav and Persson, Kristin A.},
  title   = {Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project},
  journal = {Nature Materials},
  year    = {2025},
  volume  = {24},
  number  = {10},
  pages   = {1522--1532},
  month   = {oct},
  doi     = {10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  issn    = {1476-4660},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  abstract = {The Materials Project was launched formally in 2011 to drive materials discovery forwards through high-throughput computation and open data. More than a decade later, the Materials Project has become an indispensable tool used by more than 600,000 materials researchers around the world. This Perspective describes how the Materials Project, as a data platform and a software ecosystem, has helped to shape research in data-driven materials science. We cover how sustainable software and computational methods have accelerated materials design while becoming more open source and collaborative in nature. Next, we present cases where the Materials Project was used to understand and discover functional materials. We then describe our efforts to meet the needs of an expanding user base, through technical infrastructure updates ranging from data architecture and cloud resources to interactive web applications. Finally, we discuss opportunities to better aid the research community, with the vision that more accessible and easy-to-understand materials data will result in democratized materials knowledge and an increasingly collaborative community.}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_Ca5CdCu2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.90543596
_cell_length_b   7.90543596
_cell_length_c   9.23616315
_cell_angle_alpha   115.29548928
_cell_angle_beta   115.29548928
_cell_angle_gamma   89.97886270
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ca5CdCu2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ca10 Cd2 Cu4'
_cell_volume   459.96583745
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.02941634  0.52941634  0.72074652  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.69131813  0.19131813  0.72072042  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.19139457  0.02946629  0.72077776  1.0
  Ca  Ca3  1  0.52946629  0.69139457  0.72077776  1.0
  Ca  Ca4  1  0.97058366  0.47058366  0.27925348  1.0
  Ca  Ca5  1  0.30868187  0.80868187  0.27927958  1.0
  Ca  Ca6  1  0.80860543  0.97053371  0.27922224  1.0
  Ca  Ca7  1  0.47053371  0.30860543  0.27922224  1.0
  Ca  Ca8  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ca  Ca9  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Cd  Cd10  1  0.25009297  0.24990703  0.50000000  1.0
  Cd  Cd11  1  0.74990703  0.75009297  0.50000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu12  1  0.88893207  0.61106793  0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu13  1  0.11106793  0.38893207  0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu14  1  0.61105864  0.11105864  -0.00017653  1.0
  Cu  Cu15  1  0.38894136  0.88894136  0.00017653  1.0
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