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Basic Information

Formula
Sc2AlCu
MP-ID
mp-972884
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
4.0197
g/cm³
Volume
74.54
ų
Cell a
4.7239
Å
Cell b
4.7239
Å
Cell c
4.7239
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 9)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
23.06 3.8571 12.5 (1,1,1)
38.10 2.3620 100.0 (2,1,1)
45.01 2.0143 6.4 (2,2,1)
54.98 1.6702 15.9 (2,2,0)
60.40 1.5326 2.4 (3,2,2)
68.85 1.3637 30.6 (3,3,2)
73.69 1.2857 1.6 (3,3,3)
81.50 1.1810 9.2 (4,2,2)
86.11 1.1292 1.5 (4,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.34795
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-10.44192
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0210
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.4702
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.63
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
81.231
GPa
GVRH
38.357
GPa
Young's Modulus E
99.422
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.296
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.118
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
1.977
Lame λ
55.660
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Sc · 0.500
Element Family
3d-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
0.3850
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
9.595%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2225
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-33.226
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-972884
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Sc2AlCu were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-972884, 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_Sc2AlCu
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.72390039
_cell_length_b   4.72390039
_cell_length_c   4.72390039
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Sc2AlCu
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sc2 Al1 Cu1'
_cell_volume   74.53962377
_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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Sc  Sc1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Al  Al2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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