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Basic Information

Formula
Ta2CrFe
MP-ID
mp-867779
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
13.6599
g/cm³
Volume
57.10
ų
Cell a
4.3224
Å
Cell b
4.3224
Å
Cell c
4.3224
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 6)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
29.22 3.0564 34.7 (1,1,0)
41.80 2.1612 100.0 (2,1,1)
51.81 1.7646 10.2 (2,2,2)
60.59 1.5282 16.4 (2,2,0)
68.67 1.3669 13.8 (3,2,1)
76.32 1.2478 33.1 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.12578
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-10.59001
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0121
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-31.6464
eV/atom
Volume/atom
14.28
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
0.0005
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
231.932
GPa
GVRH
99.304
GPa
Young's Modulus E
260.704
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.313
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.336
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.706
Lame λ
165.729
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ta · 0.500
Element Family
5d-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
2.0306
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
6.979%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1365
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-11.250
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-867779
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ta2CrFe were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-867779, 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_Ta2CrFe
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.32238679
_cell_length_b   4.32238679
_cell_length_c   4.32238679
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ta2CrFe
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ta2 Cr1 Fe1'
_cell_volume   57.10260011
_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  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ta  Ta1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Cr  Cr2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe3  1  0.74999900  0.74999900  0.74999900  1.0
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