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Basic Information

Formula
AlCuAu2
MP-ID
mp-867306
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
13.3169
g/cm³
Volume
60.41
ų
Cell a
4.4043
Å
Cell b
4.4043
Å
Cell c
4.4043
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 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
24.76 3.5961 1.8 (1,1,1)
28.66 3.1143 47.1 (1,1,0)
40.98 2.2021 100.0 (2,1,1)
50.78 1.7980 13.7 (2,2,2)
59.35 1.5571 16.8 (2,2,0)
67.22 1.3928 18.4 (3,2,1)
74.65 1.2714 34.4 (3,3,2)
88.88 1.1011 11.6 (4,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.25772
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.85586
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-29.9555
eV/atom
Volume/atom
15.10
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
134.721
GPa
GVRH
18.751
GPa
Young's Modulus E
53.759
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.433
Pugh Ratio K/G
7.185
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
28.752
Lame λ
122.220
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Au · 0.500
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.674
Family
Au-rich Multi-Component
Matrix Element
Au · 0.500

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-867306
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of AlCuAu2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-867306, 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_AlCuAu2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.40426591
_cell_length_b   4.40426591
_cell_length_c   4.40426591
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   AlCuAu2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Al1 Cu1 Au2'
_cell_volume   60.40954954
_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
  Al  Al0  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Au  Au2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Au  Au3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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