YbSmB6Ru

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-3293229 · Space group: Pbam (#55)

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Basic Information

Formula

YbSmB6Ru

MP-ID

mp-3293229

Elements

Sites

Density

8.3908

g/cm³

Volume

387.36

Å³

Cell a

3.7059

Cell b

9.0881

Cell c

11.5013

α Angle

90.00

β Angle

90.00

γ Angle

90.00

Space Group

Pbam

Point Group

mmm

Crystal System

Orthorhombic

Bravais Lattice

Stability

Yes

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
12.41	7.1306	2.8	(0,1,1)
21.02	4.2262	4.4	(0,2,1)
24.01	3.7059	100.0	(1,0,0)
24.98	3.5653	2.5	(0,2,2)
25.21	3.5323	4.3	(0,1,3)
30.51	2.9302	32.0	(0,2,3)
30.52	2.9295	33.0	(0,3,1)
31.10	2.8753	24.8	(0,0,4)
32.12	2.7864	5.1	(1,2,1)
32.67	2.7414	25.3	(0,1,4)
33.43	2.6802	28.3	(0,3,2)
34.92	2.5693	2.9	(1,2,2)
35.10	2.5569	4.8	(1,1,3)
37.00	2.4298	2.0	(0,2,4)
37.85	2.3769	9.4	(0,3,3)
39.19	2.2985	39.8	(1,2,3)
39.20	2.2981	40.5	(1,3,1)
39.67	2.2720	2.5	(0,4,0)
39.67	2.2717	31.2	(1,0,4)
40.45	2.2299	1.5	(0,1,5)
40.47	2.2290	2.2	(0,4,1)
40.95	2.2039	33.3	(1,1,4)
41.58	2.1718	37.4	(1,3,2)
44.59	2.0320	2.9	(1,2,4)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-0.74688

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-15.83187

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.0000

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-15.8319

eV/atom

Volume/atom

10.76

Å³

c/a Ratio

3.1035

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0000

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000000

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

B · 0.667

Element Family

Metalloid-Nonmetal

Solute Fraction

0.333

Interstitial Fraction

0.667

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

1.0027

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

8.3366

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

4.9450

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

32.582%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.3892

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

5.111

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-3.586

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.7233

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaahfjqr

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-3293229

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of YbSmB6Ru were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3293229, 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_YbSmB6Ru
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.70589457
_cell_length_b   9.08808289
_cell_length_c   11.50131006
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   YbSmB6Ru
_chemical_formula_sum   'Yb4 Sm4 B24 Ru4'
_cell_volume   387.35810816
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
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  Yb  Yb0  1  0.00000000  0.94045860  0.36578640  1.0
  Yb  Yb1  1  0.00000000  0.05954140  0.63421360  1.0
  Yb  Yb2  1  0.00000000  0.44045860  0.13421360  1.0
  Yb  Yb3  1  0.00000000  0.55954140  0.86578640  1.0
  Sm  Sm4  1  0.00000000  0.32178955  0.41415929  1.0
  Sm  Sm5  1  0.00000000  0.67821045  0.58584071  1.0
  Sm  Sm6  1  0.00000000  0.82178955  0.08584071  1.0
  Sm  Sm7  1  0.00000000  0.17821045  0.91415929  1.0
  B  B8  1  0.50000000  0.55543249  0.43100729  1.0
  B  B9  1  0.50000000  0.44456751  0.56899271  1.0
  B  B10  1  0.50000000  0.05543249  0.06899271  1.0
  B  B11  1  0.50000000  0.94456751  0.93100729  1.0
  B  B12  1  0.50000000  0.75048275  0.41596744  1.0
  B  B13  1  0.50000000  0.24951725  0.58403256  1.0
  B  B14  1  0.50000000  0.25048275  0.08403256  1.0
  B  B15  1  0.50000000  0.74951725  0.91596744  1.0
  B  B16  1  0.50000000  0.78916974  0.26520316  1.0
  B  B17  1  0.50000000  0.21083026  0.73479684  1.0
  B  B18  1  0.50000000  0.28916974  0.23479684  1.0
  B  B19  1  0.50000000  0.71083026  0.76520316  1.0
  B  B20  1  0.50000000  0.62757860  0.18598904  1.0
  B  B21  1  0.50000000  0.37242140  0.81401096  1.0
  B  B22  1  0.50000000  0.12757860  0.31401096  1.0
  B  B23  1  0.50000000  0.87242140  0.68598904  1.0
  B  B24  1  0.50000000  0.98337518  0.21234514  1.0
  B  B25  1  0.50000000  0.01662482  0.78765486  1.0
  B  B26  1  0.50000000  0.48337518  0.28765486  1.0
  B  B27  1  0.50000000  0.51662482  0.71234514  1.0
  B  B28  1  0.50000000  0.59259476  0.02579025  1.0
  B  B29  1  0.50000000  0.40740524  0.97420975  1.0
  B  B30  1  0.50000000  0.09259476  0.47420975  1.0
  B  B31  1  0.50000000  0.90740524  0.52579025  1.0
  Ru  Ru32  1  0.00000000  0.63836964  0.31972042  1.0
  Ru  Ru33  1  0.00000000  0.36163036  0.68027958  1.0
  Ru  Ru34  1  0.00000000  0.13836964  0.18027958  1.0
  Ru  Ru35  1  0.00000000  0.86163036  0.81972042  1.0

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