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Basic Information

Formula
HfAlFe2
MP-ID
mp-983358
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
9.9036
g/cm³
Volume
53.18
ų
Cell a
4.2210
Å
Cell b
4.2210
Å
Cell c
4.2210
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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
25.85 3.4464 54.5 (1,1,1)
29.94 2.9847 9.0 (1,1,0)
42.85 2.1105 100.0 (2,1,1)
50.72 1.7999 27.0 (2,2,1)
53.15 1.7232 2.8 (2,2,2)
62.21 1.4924 16.0 (2,2,0)
68.52 1.3695 11.1 (3,2,2)
70.56 1.3348 4.0 (3,2,1)
78.50 1.2185 32.2 (3,3,2)
84.30 1.1488 8.6 (3,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.37189
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-8.03259
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0103
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-20.3518
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.29
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
0.9746
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.018330
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
172.287
GPa
GVRH
92.953
GPa
Young's Modulus E
236.353
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.271
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.853
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.013
Lame λ
110.318
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Fe · 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
0.5338
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
9.906%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2172
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-28.590
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-983358
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of HfAlFe2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-983358, 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_HfAlFe2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.22101445
_cell_length_b   4.22101445
_cell_length_c   4.22101445
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   HfAlFe2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Hf1 Al1 Fe2'
_cell_volume   53.17843086
_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
  Hf  Hf0  1  0.00000000  -0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Al  Al1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe3  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
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