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Basic Information

Formula
TaZnCo2
MP-ID
mp-865805
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
11.9256
g/cm³
Volume
50.71
ų
Cell a
4.1548
Å
Cell b
4.1548
Å
Cell c
4.1548
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
26.27 3.3924 20.8 (1,1,1)
30.43 2.9379 14.8 (1,1,0)
43.57 2.0774 100.0 (2,1,1)
51.59 1.7716 10.5 (2,2,1)
54.07 1.6962 4.3 (2,2,2)
63.31 1.4689 15.9 (2,2,0)
69.77 1.3480 4.5 (3,2,2)
71.85 1.3139 5.8 (3,2,1)
80.00 1.1994 31.8 (3,3,2)
85.96 1.1308 3.6 (3,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.21700
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-7.06538
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-21.1736
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.68
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
1.0451
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.020610
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
201.210
GPa
GVRH
81.324
GPa
Young's Modulus E
215.005
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.322
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.474
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.974
Lame λ
146.994
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Co · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
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
1.2553
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
6.503%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1615
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
8.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-12.943
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
1
Phase Tendency
SS

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-865805
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of TaZnCo2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-865805, 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_TaZnCo2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.15480011
_cell_length_b   4.15480011
_cell_length_c   4.15480011
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   TaZnCo2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ta1 Zn1 Co2'
_cell_volume   50.71488027
_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
  Ta  Ta0  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Zn  Zn1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.49999900  0.49999900  0.49999900  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
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