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Basic Information

Formula
Sc2ZnCu
MP-ID
mp-978523
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
5.1106
g/cm³
Volume
71.11
ų
Cell a
4.6504
Å
Cell b
4.6504
Å
Cell c
4.6504
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 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
27.12 3.2883 6.2 (1,1,0)
38.73 2.3252 100.0 (2,1,1)
47.92 1.8985 1.9 (2,2,2)
55.92 1.6442 15.9 (2,2,0)
63.23 1.4706 2.5 (3,2,1)
70.10 1.3425 30.3 (3,3,2)
83.07 1.1626 9.2 (4,2,2)
89.39 1.0961 1.2 (4,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.31779
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-4.82376
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0134
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-10.9581
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.78
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
81.396
GPa
GVRH
42.953
GPa
Young's Modulus E
109.583
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.276
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.895
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.583
Lame λ
52.761
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
0.3855
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
10.679%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2255
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
7.250
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-31.838
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-978523
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Sc2ZnCu were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-978523, 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_Sc2ZnCu
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.65041817
_cell_length_b   4.65041817
_cell_length_c   4.65041817
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Sc2ZnCu
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sc2 Zn1 Cu1'
_cell_volume   71.11496838
_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  0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Sc  Sc1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Zn  Zn2  1  0.74999900  0.74999900  0.74999900  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.25000100  0.25000100  0.25000100  1.0
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