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Basic Information

Formula
LiCo2Si
MP-ID
mp-867293
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.4144
g/cm³
Volume
39.58
ų
Cell a
3.8253
Å
Cell b
3.8253
Å
Cell c
3.8253
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 9)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
28.58 3.1233 6.6 (1,1,1)
33.12 2.7049 47.8 (1,1,0)
47.54 1.9127 100.0 (2,1,1)
56.41 1.6311 2.6 (2,2,1)
59.16 1.5617 10.6 (2,2,2)
69.50 1.3524 14.8 (2,2,0)
76.80 1.2411 1.1 (3,2,2)
79.18 1.2097 12.1 (3,2,1)
88.55 1.1043 30.3 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.38994
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.79020
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-9.7240
eV/atom
Volume/atom
9.90
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
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
171.867
GPa
GVRH
117.437
GPa
Young's Modulus E
286.953
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.222
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.463
Vickers Hardness Est.
17.814
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.046
Lame λ
93.576
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
0.250
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.0460
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2220
Debye Temperature
656.5
K
Sound Velocity
4,735.0
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2220

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-867293
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of LiCo2Si were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-867293, 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_LiCo2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.82529099
_cell_length_b   3.82529099
_cell_length_c   3.82529099
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   LiCo2Si
_chemical_formula_sum   'Li1 Co2 Si1'
_cell_volume   39.58024109
_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
  Li  Li0  1  0.25000100  0.25000100  0.25000100  1.0
  Co  Co1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.50000100  0.50000100  0.50000100  1.0
  Si  Si3  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
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