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Basic Information

Formula
AlFe2Si
MP-ID
mp-867878
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.4852
g/cm³
Volume
42.70
ų
Cell a
3.9232
Å
Cell b
3.9232
Å
Cell c
3.9232
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 6)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
32.27 2.7741 18.7 (1,1,0)
46.28 1.9616 100.0 (2,1,1)
57.54 1.6016 4.0 (2,2,2)
67.53 1.3871 15.0 (2,2,0)
76.84 1.2406 4.4 (3,2,1)
85.80 1.1325 30.3 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.44477
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.97251
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-11.3380
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.67
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
0.4322
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.010120
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
214.474
GPa
GVRH
123.796
GPa
Young's Modulus E
311.462
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.258
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.732
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.097
Lame λ
131.943
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Fe · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.250
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
0.5396
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
7.350%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1092
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-25.000
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-867878
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of AlFe2Si were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-867878, 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_AlFe2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.92320944
_cell_length_b   3.92320944
_cell_length_c   3.92320944
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   AlFe2Si
_chemical_formula_sum   'Al1 Fe2 Si1'
_cell_volume   42.69819174
_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  0.24999900  0.24999900  0.24999900  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si3  1  0.74999900  0.74999900  0.74999900  1.0
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