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Ge2O3

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MP-ID: mp-982048 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
Ge2O3
MP-ID
mp-982048
Elements
2
Sites
5
Density
6.1632
g/cm³
Volume
52.07
ų
Cell a
3.7343
Å
Cell b
3.7343
Å
Cell c
3.7343
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 7)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
23.83 3.7343 2.3 (1,0,0)
33.95 2.6406 100.0 (1,1,0)
41.90 2.1560 4.6 (1,1,1)
48.77 1.8672 37.6 (2,0,0)
60.75 1.5245 38.1 (2,1,1)
71.45 1.3203 21.6 (2,2,0)
81.51 1.1809 16.6 (3,1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-1.48690
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.30488
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.4541
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-10.3016
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.41
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Non-metal
Band Gap
0.682
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
178.568
GPa
GVRH
103.527
GPa
Young's Modulus E
260.281
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.257
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.725
Vickers Hardness Est.
12.953
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.158
Lame λ
109.550
GPa

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
O · 0.600
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

Elasticity Features

Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.1580
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2570
Debye Temperature
682.7
K
Sound Velocity
4,553.9
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2570

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-982048
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ge2O3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-982048, 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_Ge2O3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.73429461
_cell_length_b   3.73429461
_cell_length_c   3.73429461
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ge2O3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ge2 O3'
_cell_volume   52.07457490
_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
  Ge  Ge0  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge1  1  0.50000200  0.50000200  0.50000200  1.0
  O  O2  1  0.50000200  0.50000200  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O3  1  0.50000200  -0.00000000  0.50000200  1.0
  O  O4  1  -0.00000000  0.50000200  0.50000200  1.0
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