Pu2SnPd2

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-640044 · Space group: P4/mbm (#127)

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Basic Information

Formula

Pu2SnPd2

MP-ID

mp-640044

Elements

Sites

Density

12.4257

g/cm³

Volume

219.05

Å³

Cell a

7.5672

Cell b

7.5672

Cell c

3.8253

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
16.57	5.3508	4.1	(1,1,0)
23.25	3.8253	2.2	(0,0,1)
23.51	3.7836	7.7	(2,0,0)
26.34	3.3841	13.6	(2,1,0)
28.69	3.1119	4.7	(1,1,1)
33.31	2.6900	34.8	(2,0,1)
33.49	2.6754	9.4	(2,2,0)
35.41	2.5346	100.0	(2,1,1)
37.59	2.3930	34.7	(3,1,0)
43.10	2.0988	4.5	(3,2,0)
47.54	1.9127	14.6	(0,0,2)
48.10	1.8918	2.5	(4,0,0)
49.68	1.8353	11.3	(4,1,0)
51.22	1.7836	7.8	(3,3,0)
53.70	1.7070	1.7	(2,0,2)
54.21	1.6921	3.1	(4,2,0)
55.16	1.6651	4.0	(2,1,2)
55.54	1.6547	19.8	(4,1,1)
56.97	1.6165	11.1	(3,3,1)
59.40	1.5559	3.8	(2,2,2)
62.13	1.4941	16.3	(3,1,2)
66.09	1.4137	2.5	(3,2,2)
67.72	1.3836	8.2	(5,1,1)
69.94	1.3450	1.6	(4,0,2)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.38557

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-8.38347

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.7272

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-8.3835

eV/atom

Volume/atom

21.90

Å³

c/a Ratio

0.5055

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0493

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000220

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

Pu · 0.400

Element Family

Actinide

Solute Fraction

0.600

Interstitial Fraction

0.000

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

1.0549

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

8.7706

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

2.2469

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

11.040%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.4207

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

7.200

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-4.673

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.9602

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.268

Family

Pu-rich Multi-Component

Matrix Element

Pu · 0.400

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (5)

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-640044

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Pu2SnPd2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-640044, 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_Pu2SnPd2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.56717800
_cell_length_b   7.56717800
_cell_length_c   3.82531300
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Pu2SnPd2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Pu4 Sn2 Pd4'
_cell_volume   219.04577259
_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
  Pu  Pu0  1  0.67460300  0.17460300  0.50000000  1.0
  Pu  Pu1  1  0.17460300  0.32539700  0.50000000  1.0
  Pu  Pu2  1  0.32539700  0.82539700  0.50000000  1.0
  Pu  Pu3  1  0.82539700  0.67460300  0.50000000  1.0
  Sn  Sn4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Sn  Sn5  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Pd  Pd6  1  0.87007500  0.37007500  0.00000000  1.0
  Pd  Pd7  1  0.37007500  0.12992500  0.00000000  1.0
  Pd  Pd8  1  0.62992500  0.87007500  0.00000000  1.0
  Pd  Pd9  1  0.12992500  0.62992500  0.00000000  1.0

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