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Basic Information

Formula
Nd2CuIr
MP-ID
mp-864805
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
10.0500
g/cm³
Volume
89.93
ų
Cell a
5.0288
Å
Cell b
5.0288
Å
Cell c
5.0288
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
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
21.64 4.1060 11.0 (1,1,1)
35.71 2.5144 100.0 (2,1,1)
42.14 2.1443 6.1 (2,2,1)
51.39 1.7780 17.7 (2,2,0)
56.39 1.6316 2.8 (3,2,2)
64.15 1.4517 36.1 (3,3,2)
68.56 1.3687 2.1 (3,3,3)
75.64 1.2572 11.1 (4,2,2)
79.78 1.2021 2.2 (4,3,2)
86.56 1.1245 16.1 (4,3,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.48188
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-30.99243
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0557
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.0389
eV/atom
Volume/atom
22.48
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0002
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
86.254
GPa
GVRH
26.005
GPa
Young's Modulus E
70.891
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.363
Pugh Ratio K/G
3.317
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.072
Lame λ
68.917
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Nd · 0.500
Element Family
Lanthanide
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.4152
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
16.814%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4672
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-34.829
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-864805
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Nd2CuIr were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-864805, 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_Nd2CuIr
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.02881191
_cell_length_b   5.02881191
_cell_length_c   5.02881191
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Nd2CuIr
_chemical_formula_sum   'Nd2 Cu1 Ir1'
_cell_volume   89.92515143
_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
  Nd  Nd0  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Nd  Nd1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ir  Ir3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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