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MP-ID: mp-980067 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
YHoCu2
MP-ID
mp-980067
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
7.7512
g/cm³
Volume
81.61
ų
Cell a
4.8687
Å
Cell b
4.8687
Å
Cell c
4.8687
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 13)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
22.36 3.9753 7.7 (1,1,1)
25.88 3.4427 10.8 (1,1,0)
36.93 2.4344 100.0 (2,1,1)
43.60 2.0760 4.4 (2,2,1)
45.64 1.9876 3.2 (2,2,2)
53.21 1.7213 17.0 (2,2,0)
58.42 1.5796 1.9 (3,2,2)
60.10 1.5396 4.5 (3,2,1)
66.53 1.4055 33.9 (3,3,2)
71.15 1.3251 1.5 (3,3,3)
78.60 1.2172 10.4 (4,2,2)
82.97 1.1638 1.5 (4,3,2)
84.41 1.1476 2.4 (4,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.24483
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-18.96696
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0164
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-18.9670
eV/atom
Volume/atom
20.40
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
0.0001
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Cu · 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
1.2277
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
16.244%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3375
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
9.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-11.000
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-980067
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of YHoCu2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-980067, 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_YHoCu2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.86869093
_cell_length_b   4.86869093
_cell_length_c   4.86869093
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   YHoCu2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Y1 Ho1 Cu2'
_cell_volume   81.60591133
_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
  Y  Y0  1  0.75000100  0.75000100  0.75000100  1.0
  Ho  Ho1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.50000100  0.50000100  0.50000100  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
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