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K3Hg

Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-983365 · Space group: I4/mmm (#139)

Basic Information

Formula
K3Hg
MP-ID
mp-983365
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
2.7342
g/cm³
Volume
193.06
ų
Cell a
7.0346
Å
Cell b
7.0346
Å
Cell c
7.0346
Å
α Angle
131.16
°
β Angle
131.16
°
γ Angle
71.55
°
Space Group
I4/mmm
Point Group
4/mmm
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tI
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
-

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
15.53 5.7072 19.8 (1,1,-1)
17.11 5.1822 64.0 (1,0,-1)
21.61 4.1127 19.1 (1,-1,0)
26.72 3.3366 100.0 (2,0,-1)
28.02 3.1840 20.8 (2,1,-2)
30.75 2.9081 34.7 (1,-1,1)
31.35 2.8536 16.5 (2,2,-2)
34.62 2.5911 12.4 (2,0,-2)
35.39 2.5361 23.4 (2,-1,-1)
38.39 2.3445 9.5 (2,2,-3)
42.08 2.1473 14.9 (3,0,-2)
42.54 2.1250 7.2 (3,2,-3)
44.04 2.0563 12.5 (2,-2,0)
44.48 2.0368 24.3 (3,1,-3)
46.97 1.9346 5.5 (3,-1,-1)
47.57 1.9114 5.3 (2,-1,-2)
47.81 1.9024 1.3 (3,3,-3)
49.56 1.8392 4.7 (2,-2,1)
52.26 1.7506 29.8 (3,-1,-2)
53.01 1.7274 3.9 (3,0,-3)
53.04 1.7266 14.2 (3,3,-4)
53.40 1.7158 7.7 (4,1,-3)
55.05 1.6683 12.7 (4,0,-2)
57.72 1.5973 6.1 (3,-2,-1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.02114
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-16.87679
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1095
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-16.8768
eV/atom
Volume/atom
48.27
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
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
K · 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
0.568
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
K · 0.750

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-983365
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of K3Hg were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-983365, 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_K3Hg
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.03461324
_cell_length_b   7.03461324
_cell_length_c   7.03461324
_cell_angle_alpha   131.16313428
_cell_angle_beta   131.16313428
_cell_angle_gamma   71.55402078
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   K3Hg
_chemical_formula_sum   'K3 Hg1'
_cell_volume   193.06198959
_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
  K  K0  1  0.75000100  0.25000100  0.50000000  1.0
  K  K1  1  0.25000100  0.75000100  0.50000000  1.0
  K  K2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Hg  Hg3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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