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RbAu3Se2

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MP-ID: mp-9385 · Space group: P-3m1 (#164)

Basic Information

Formula
RbAu3Se2
MP-ID
mp-9385
Elements
3
Sites
6
Density
7.7781
g/cm³
Volume
178.11
ų
Cell a
6.2271
Å
Cell b
6.2271
Å
Cell c
5.3038
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P-3m1
Point Group
-3m
Crystal System
Trigonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
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 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
16.44 5.3928 43.5 (1,0,-1,0)
16.72 5.3038 72.9 (0,0,0,1)
23.53 3.7814 84.8 (1,0,-1,1)
33.23 2.6964 80.4 (2,0,-2,0)
33.37 2.6851 53.7 (2,-1,-1,1)
33.80 2.6519 23.4 (0,0,0,2)
37.41 2.4036 100.0 (2,0,-2,1)
37.80 2.3798 4.4 (1,0,-1,2)
44.45 2.0383 4.9 (2,1,-3,0)
44.45 2.0383 2.5 (3,-1,-2,0)
44.90 2.0189 9.4 (2,-1,-1,2)
47.81 1.9026 8.5 (1,2,-3,1)
47.81 1.9026 17.1 (3,-1,-2,1)
48.13 1.8907 87.4 (2,0,-2,2)
51.70 1.7679 9.4 (0,0,0,3)
53.85 1.7025 13.7 (3,0,-3,1)
54.63 1.6800 14.2 (1,0,-1,3)
56.98 1.6161 2.7 (3,-1,-2,2)
59.37 1.5568 29.9 (4,-2,-2,0)
60.19 1.5374 1.5 (2,-1,-1,3)
62.05 1.4957 1.8 (3,1,-4,0)
62.14 1.4938 10.1 (2,2,-4,1)
62.14 1.4938 5.0 (4,-2,-2,1)
62.41 1.4880 3.5 (3,0,-3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.60878
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.57444
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-32.8904
eV/atom
Volume/atom
29.69
ų
c/a Ratio
0.8517

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Non-metal
Band Gap
1.738
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
9.541
GPa
GVRH
3.555
GPa
Young's Modulus E
9.487
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.334
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.684
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.000
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
1.571
Lame λ
7.171
GPa

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Au · 0.500
Element Family
5d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

Elasticity Features

Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
1.5710
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3340
Debye Temperature
81.8
K
Sound Velocity
758.5
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3340

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-9385
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of RbAu3Se2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-9385, 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_RbAu3Se2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.22708500
_cell_length_b   6.22708549
_cell_length_c   5.30382783
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   119.99999738
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   RbAu3Se2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Rb1 Au3 Se2'
_cell_volume   178.11056572
_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
  Rb  Rb0  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Au  Au1  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Au  Au2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Au  Au3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Se  Se4  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.68368423  1.0
  Se  Se5  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.31631577  1.0
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