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U6Fe16Si7C

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-642273 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
U6Fe16Si7C
MP-ID
mp-642273
Elements
4
Sites
30
Density
10.7486
g/cm³
Volume
390.91
ų
Cell a
8.2072
Å
Cell b
8.2072
Å
Cell c
8.2072
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
Yes
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 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
13.21 6.7012 8.5 (1,1,1)
15.27 5.8034 9.0 (1,1,0)
21.66 4.1036 9.1 (2,1,1)
26.60 3.3506 100.0 (2,2,2)
30.81 2.9017 25.9 (2,2,0)
33.66 2.6628 24.8 (3,1,1)
34.56 2.5954 18.6 (3,2,1)
37.98 2.3692 36.1 (3,3,2)
40.38 2.2337 98.1 (3,3,1)
44.14 2.0518 97.7 (4,2,2)
46.28 1.9619 1.2 (4,3,2)
46.97 1.9345 20.0 (4,1,1)
49.68 1.8352 5.1 (4,3,1)
51.64 1.7700 3.5 (4,4,3)
52.28 1.7498 13.3 (4,4,2)
54.80 1.6753 4.2 (4,4,4)
56.63 1.6253 26.4 (5,3,3)
57.24 1.6096 8.7 (5,3,2)
59.61 1.5510 1.6 (5,2,1)
61.35 1.5111 21.4 (5,4,2)
64.19 1.4508 6.6 (4,4,0)
65.87 1.4180 24.9 (5,5,3)
66.42 1.4075 4.4 (5,5,4)
68.61 1.3679 24.2 (5,5,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.39973
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-8.74896
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-8.7490
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.03
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
0.3454
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
8
Magnetization/Volume
0.000880
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Fe · 0.533
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.467
Interstitial Fraction
0.267
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.1101
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
9.2293
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.7665
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
17.633%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2376
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.667
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-21.289
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8008
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (4)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-642273
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of U6Fe16Si7C were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-642273, 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_U6Fe16Si7C
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.20720739
_cell_length_b   8.20720739
_cell_length_c   8.20720739
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   U6Fe16Si7C
_chemical_formula_sum   'U6 Fe16 Si7 C1'
_cell_volume   390.90500025
_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
  U  U0  1  0.21432200  0.21432200  0.78567800  1.0
  U  U1  1  0.78567800  0.21432200  0.78567800  1.0
  U  U2  1  0.78567800  0.78567800  0.21432200  1.0
  U  U3  1  0.78567800  0.21432200  0.21432200  1.0
  U  U4  1  0.21432200  0.78567800  0.78567800  1.0
  U  U5  1  0.21432200  0.78567800  0.21432200  1.0
  Fe  Fe6  1  0.37750500  0.86748500  0.37750500  1.0
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.82510600  0.82510600  0.82510600  1.0
  Fe  Fe8  1  0.52468200  0.82510600  0.82510600  1.0
  Fe  Fe9  1  0.47531800  0.17489400  0.17489400  1.0
  Fe  Fe10  1  0.82510600  0.52468200  0.82510600  1.0
  Fe  Fe11  1  0.82510600  0.82510600  0.52468200  1.0
  Fe  Fe12  1  0.17489400  0.17489400  0.47531800  1.0
  Fe  Fe13  1  0.13251500  0.62249500  0.62249500  1.0
  Fe  Fe14  1  0.17489400  0.47531800  0.17489400  1.0
  Fe  Fe15  1  0.62249500  0.62249500  0.62249500  1.0
  Fe  Fe16  1  0.86748500  0.37750500  0.37750500  1.0
  Fe  Fe17  1  0.62249500  0.13251500  0.62249500  1.0
  Fe  Fe18  1  0.62249500  0.62249500  0.13251500  1.0
  Fe  Fe19  1  0.17489400  0.17489400  0.17489400  1.0
  Fe  Fe20  1  0.37750500  0.37750500  0.37750500  1.0
  Fe  Fe21  1  0.37750500  0.37750500  0.86748500  1.0
  Si  Si22  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si23  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si24  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si25  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si26  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si27  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si28  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C29  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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