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HoCo2SiC

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MP-ID: mp-3253770 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

Basic Information

Formula
HoCo2SiC
MP-ID
mp-3253770
Elements
4
Sites
10
Density
8.4296
g/cm³
Volume
127.21
ų
Cell a
5.5175
Å
Cell b
5.5175
Å
Cell c
6.6452
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
141.04
°
Space Group
Cmcm
Point Group
mmm
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Bravais Lattice
Orthorhombic C
Stability
Yes
Packing Fraction
0.5240

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; CuKa ; λ=1.5406 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
17.05 5.2016 20.8 (1,-1,0)
21.70 4.0960 21.8 (1,-1,1)
25.68 3.4696 18.7 (1,0,0)
25.68 3.4696 18.7 (0,1,0)
26.83 3.3226 18.2 (0,0,2)
29.03 3.0756 15.0 (1,0,1)
29.03 3.0756 15.0 (0,1,1)
31.96 2.8001 59.9 (1,-1,2)
35.57 2.5239 46.4 (2,-1,0)
35.57 2.5239 46.4 (1,-2,0)
37.12 2.4219 93.3 (2,-2,1)
37.48 2.3997 100.0 (1,0,2)
37.48 2.3997 100.0 (0,1,2)
38.14 2.3594 53.2 (2,-1,1)
38.14 2.3594 53.2 (1,-2,1)
44.23 2.0480 16.6 (2,-2,2)
44.45 2.0380 44.8 (1,-1,3)
48.78 1.8670 4.4 (1,0,3)
48.78 1.8670 4.4 (0,1,3)
49.54 1.8402 49.2 (1,1,0)
50.38 1.8112 1.1 (3,-2,0)
50.38 1.8112 1.1 (2,-3,0)
52.36 1.7475 8.8 (3,-2,1)
52.36 1.7475 8.8 (2,-3,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.57617
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-16.19033
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-16.1903
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.72
ų
c/a Ratio
-

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
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
Co · 0.400
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.600
Interstitial Fraction
0.400

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.3322
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
11.0757
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.9100
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
25.185%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4175
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
7.400
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-26.240
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9610
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-3253770
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of HoCo2SiC were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3253770, 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_HoCo2SiC
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.51750970
_cell_length_b   5.51750334
_cell_length_c   6.64517190
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   141.03574957
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   HoCo2SiC
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ho2 Co4 Si2 C2'
_cell_volume   127.21223753
_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
  Ho  Ho0  1  0.55131585  0.44867815  0.25000000  1.0
  Ho  Ho1  1  0.44868415  0.55132185  0.75000000  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.83611678  0.16388211  0.05633768  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.16388322  0.83611789  0.94366232  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.16388322  0.83611789  0.55633768  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.83611678  0.16388211  0.44366232  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.27198732  0.72801215  0.25000000  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.72801268  0.27198785  0.75000000  1.0
  C  C8  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C9  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
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