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Basic Information

Formula
CuGeRh2
MP-ID
mp-867917
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
10.8570
g/cm³
Volume
52.31
ų
Cell a
4.1978
Å
Cell b
4.1978
Å
Cell c
4.1978
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
30.11 2.9683 4.8 (1,1,0)
43.10 2.0989 100.0 (2,1,1)
53.47 1.7138 1.3 (2,2,2)
62.59 1.4842 15.9 (2,2,0)
71.01 1.3275 1.7 (3,2,1)
79.01 1.2118 31.8 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.39097
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-18.63878
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-18.6388
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.08
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
199.920
GPa
GVRH
66.761
GPa
Young's Modulus E
180.222
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.350
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.995
Vickers Hardness Est.
3.472
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.270
Lame λ
155.413
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Rh · 0.500
Element Family
4d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.2700
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3500
Debye Temperature
352.2
K
Sound Velocity
2,787.9
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3500

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-867917
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of CuGeRh2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-867917, 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_CuGeRh2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.19783914
_cell_length_b   4.19783914
_cell_length_c   4.19783914
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   CuGeRh2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Cu1 Ge1 Rh2'
_cell_volume   52.30730910
_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
  Cu  Cu0  1  0.25000100  0.25000100  0.25000100  1.0
  Ge  Ge1  1  0.75000100  0.75000100  0.75000100  1.0
  Rh  Rh2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Rh  Rh3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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