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La3AlCrS7

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-861904 · Space group: P6_3 (#173)

Basic Information

Formula
La3AlCrS7
MP-ID
mp-861904
Elements
4
Sites
24
Density
4.3751
g/cm³
Volume
546.65
ų
Cell a
10.2141
Å
Cell b
10.2141
Å
Cell c
6.0504
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P6_3
Point Group
6
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
Stability
No
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
10.00 8.8456 14.0 (1,0,-1,0)
17.76 4.9939 43.7 (1,0,-1,1)
20.08 4.4228 12.6 (2,0,-2,0)
22.79 3.9026 32.7 (2,-1,-1,1)
24.94 3.5706 100.0 (2,0,-2,1)
26.66 3.3433 40.9 (3,-1,-2,0)
29.53 3.0252 19.0 (0,0,0,2)
30.55 2.9263 14.0 (3,-1,-2,1)
31.25 2.8624 2.6 (1,0,-1,2)
33.82 2.6506 15.0 (3,-3,0,1)
33.82 2.6506 30.0 (3,0,-3,1)
34.46 2.6028 25.5 (2,-1,-1,2)
35.14 2.5535 35.7 (4,-2,-2,0)
35.97 2.4970 46.3 (2,0,-2,2)
36.63 2.4533 25.7 (4,-1,-3,0)
39.64 2.2735 46.4 (4,-1,-3,1)
40.20 2.2432 34.7 (3,-1,-2,2)
40.80 2.2114 4.3 (4,0,-4,0)
42.83 2.1115 7.3 (3,0,-3,2)
43.58 2.0770 8.6 (4,0,-4,1)
44.65 2.0293 4.0 (5,-2,-3,0)
46.17 1.9663 5.2 (1,0,-1,3)
46.54 1.9513 7.7 (4,-2,-2,2)
47.08 1.9303 11.0 (5,-1,-4,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-2.00530
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.76934
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0037
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.4759
eV/atom
Volume/atom
22.78
ų
c/a Ratio
0.5924

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
8.0152
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
2
Magnetization/Volume
0.014660
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
S · 0.583
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.417
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0751
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.9387
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.0898
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
29.411%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.6468
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-78.070
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.7755
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-861904
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of La3AlCrS7 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-861904, 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_La3AlCrS7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   10.21405243
_cell_length_b   10.21405243
_cell_length_c   6.05038200
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.00000276
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   La3AlCrS7
_chemical_formula_sum   'La6 Al2 Cr2 S14'
_cell_volume   546.65028679
_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
  La  La0  1  0.14156800  0.37406500  0.24590800  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.85843200  0.62593500  0.74590800  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.62593500  0.76750300  0.24590800  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.23249700  0.85843200  0.24590800  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.76750300  0.14156800  0.74590800  1.0
  La  La5  1  0.37406500  0.23249700  0.74590800  1.0
  Al  Al6  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.66514100  1.0
  Al  Al7  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.16514100  1.0
  Cr  Cr8  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.02676400  1.0
  Cr  Cr9  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.52676400  1.0
  S  S10  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.03327800  1.0
  S  S11  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.53327800  1.0
  S  S12  1  0.41958000  0.51945200  0.52163000  1.0
  S  S13  1  0.58042000  0.48054800  0.02163000  1.0
  S  S14  1  0.48054800  0.90012900  0.52163000  1.0
  S  S15  1  0.09987100  0.58042000  0.52163000  1.0
  S  S16  1  0.90012900  0.41958000  0.02163000  1.0
  S  S17  1  0.51945200  0.09987100  0.02163000  1.0
  S  S18  1  0.08766100  0.22918300  0.77874900  1.0
  S  S19  1  0.91233900  0.77081700  0.27874900  1.0
  S  S20  1  0.77081700  0.85847800  0.77874900  1.0
  S  S21  1  0.14152200  0.91233900  0.77874900  1.0
  S  S22  1  0.85847800  0.08766100  0.27874900  1.0
  S  S23  1  0.22918300  0.14152200  0.27874900  1.0
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