Yb2GeB2Rh5

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-3292251 · Space group: P4/mbm (#127)

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Basic Information

Formula

Yb2GeB2Rh5

MP-ID

mp-3292251

Elements

Sites

Density

11.8940

g/cm³

Volume

266.62

Å³

Cell a

9.4980

Cell b

9.4980

Cell c

2.9555

α Angle

90.00

β Angle

90.00

γ Angle

90.00

Space Group

P4/mbm

Point Group

4/mmm

Crystal System

Tetragonal

Bravais Lattice

Stability

Packing Fraction

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å

Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
13.18	6.7161	2.0	(1,1,0)
18.68	4.7490	5.9	(2,0,0)
20.91	4.2476	17.7	(2,1,0)
26.54	3.3581	1.2	(2,2,0)
30.24	2.9555	1.5	(0,0,1)
34.03	2.6343	11.1	(3,2,0)
35.78	2.5093	12.6	(2,0,1)
37.06	2.4260	92.8	(2,1,1)
37.89	2.3745	5.2	(4,0,0)
39.10	2.3036	100.0	(4,1,0)
40.29	2.2387	27.4	(3,3,0)
40.67	2.2186	32.8	(2,2,1)
42.57	2.1238	32.7	(4,2,0)
42.93	2.1066	93.9	(3,1,1)
46.16	1.9665	28.8	(3,2,1)
49.22	1.8511	10.1	(4,0,1)
51.19	1.7845	1.3	(3,3,1)
51.84	1.7637	5.1	(5,2,0)
53.10	1.7247	2.3	(4,2,1)
54.66	1.6790	1.8	(4,4,0)
56.49	1.6289	11.5	(5,3,0)
58.29	1.5830	3.2	(6,0,0)
61.20	1.5146	5.0	(5,2,1)
62.89	1.4778	17.7	(0,0,2)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-0.86623

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-23.09669

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.0075

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-23.0967

eV/atom

Volume/atom

13.33

Å³

c/a Ratio

0.3112

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0040

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000010

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

Rh · 0.500

Element Family

4d-TM

Solute Fraction

0.500

Interstitial Fraction

0.200

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

1.2206

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

10.1481

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

3.4897

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

20.381%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.4478

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

8.300

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-5.609

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.8805

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaahfifb

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-3292251

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Yb2GeB2Rh5 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3292251, 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_Yb2GeB2Rh5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   9.49799933
_cell_length_b   9.49799933
_cell_length_c   2.95550708
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Yb2GeB2Rh5
_chemical_formula_sum   'Yb4 Ge2 B4 Rh10'
_cell_volume   266.62217923
_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
  Yb  Yb0  1  0.82415045  0.32415045  0.00000000  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.32415045  0.17584955  0.00000000  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.67584955  0.82415045  0.00000000  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.17584955  0.67584955  0.00000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge5  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  B  B6  1  0.62277136  0.12277136  0.00000000  1.0
  B  B7  1  0.12277136  0.37722864  0.00000000  1.0
  B  B8  1  0.87722864  0.62277136  0.00000000  1.0
  B  B9  1  0.37722864  0.87722864  0.00000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh10  1  0.06913884  0.21673738  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh11  1  0.21673738  0.93086116  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh12  1  0.78326262  0.06913884  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh13  1  0.93086116  0.78326262  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh14  1  0.43086116  0.71673738  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh15  1  0.56913884  0.28326262  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh16  1  0.71673738  0.56913884  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh17  1  0.28326262  0.43086116  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh18  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh19  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0

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