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YbU3

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MP-ID: mp-981662 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
YbU3
MP-ID
mp-981662
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
16.3162
g/cm³
Volume
90.29
ų
Cell a
4.4861
Å
Cell b
4.4861
Å
Cell c
4.4861
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Pm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.5236

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
19.79 4.4861 1.2 (1,0,0)
28.13 3.1722 1.1 (1,1,0)
34.63 2.5901 100.0 (1,1,1)
40.20 2.2431 50.2 (2,0,0)
58.16 1.5861 35.0 (2,2,0)
69.49 1.3526 42.1 (3,1,1)
73.07 1.2950 12.3 (2,2,2)
86.85 1.1215 6.2 (4,0,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.57137
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-68.51750
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.5714
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-68.5175
eV/atom
Volume/atom
22.57
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
0.0030
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000030
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
U · 0.750
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.441
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
U · 0.750

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-981662
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of YbU3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-981662, 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_YbU3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.48613025
_cell_length_b   4.48613025
_cell_length_c   4.48613025
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   YbU3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Yb1 U3'
_cell_volume   90.28500721
_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
  Yb  Yb0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  U  U1  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  U  U2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  U  U3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
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