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MP-ID: mp-979043 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
Tm2CoCu
MP-ID
mp-979043
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
10.1913
g/cm³
Volume
75.01
ų
Cell a
4.7338
Å
Cell b
4.7338
Å
Cell c
4.7338
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
26.63 3.3473 23.8 (1,1,0)
38.02 2.3669 100.0 (2,1,1)
47.02 1.9326 7.2 (2,2,2)
54.85 1.6736 17.1 (2,2,0)
61.99 1.4970 10.0 (3,2,1)
68.69 1.3665 34.2 (3,3,2)
81.30 1.1834 10.7 (4,2,2)
87.41 1.1158 5.3 (4,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.23833
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.28774
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0175
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-23.8047
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.75
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
0.3849
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.005130
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Tm · 0.500
Element Family
Lanthanide
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
9.7421
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
16.102%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3201
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
11.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
1.500
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-979043
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Tm2CoCu were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-979043, 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_Tm2CoCu
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.73376252
_cell_length_b   4.73376252
_cell_length_c   4.73376252
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Tm2CoCu
_chemical_formula_sum   'Tm2 Co1 Cu1'
_cell_volume   75.00745033
_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
  Tm  Tm0  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Tm  Tm1  1  0.50000100  0.50000100  0.50000100  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.74999900  0.74999900  0.74999900  1.0
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