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Basic Information

Formula
AlFe2Ni
MP-ID
mp-31186
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.9449
g/cm³
Volume
47.19
ų
Cell a
4.0562
Å
Cell b
4.0562
Å
Cell c
4.0562
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 7)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
26.92 3.3119 9.0 (1,0,0)
31.18 2.8682 2.2 (1,1,0)
44.68 2.0281 100.0 (2,1,1)
52.94 1.7296 3.8 (2,2,1)
65.04 1.4341 15.0 (2,2,0)
71.72 1.3160 1.4 (3,2,2)
82.35 1.1709 29.2 (3,1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.09435
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.71079
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2351
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.7108
eV/atom
Volume/atom
11.80
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
4.2439
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
3
Magnetization/Volume
0.089930
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
133.148
GPa
GVRH
1,386.228
GPa
Young's Modulus E
930.272
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
-0.664
Pugh Ratio K/G
0.096
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
-4.943
Lame λ
-791.004
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Fe · 0.500
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
B
Score
0.562
Family
Fe-based Alloy
Matrix Element
Fe · 0.500

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-31186
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of AlFe2Ni were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-31186, 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_AlFe2Ni
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.05623461
_cell_length_b   4.05623461
_cell_length_c   4.05623461
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   AlFe2Ni
_chemical_formula_sum   'Al1 Fe2 Ni1'
_cell_volume   47.19045903
_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
  Al  Al0  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
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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