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Basic Information

Formula
Er2ZnCu
MP-ID
mp-983583
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
9.3346
g/cm³
Volume
82.45
ų
Cell a
4.8854
Å
Cell b
4.8854
Å
Cell c
4.8854
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 9)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
25.79 3.4545 20.1 (1,1,0)
36.79 2.4427 100.0 (2,1,1)
45.48 1.9945 6.1 (2,2,2)
53.02 1.7272 17.3 (2,2,0)
59.87 1.5449 8.4 (3,2,1)
66.27 1.4103 34.9 (3,3,2)
78.28 1.2214 10.8 (4,2,2)
84.06 1.1515 4.4 (4,3,3)
89.77 1.0924 15.8 (4,3,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.30316
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.92675
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0106
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-22.2306
eV/atom
Volume/atom
20.61
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

KVRH
68.856
GPa
GVRH
33.579
GPa
Young's Modulus E
86.651
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.290
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.051
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.208
Lame λ
46.470
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Er · 0.500
Element Family
Lanthanide
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
8.1468
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
14.446%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2817
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
11.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-1.500
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-983583
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Er2ZnCu were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-983583, 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_Er2ZnCu
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.88538087
_cell_length_b   4.88538087
_cell_length_c   4.88538087
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Er2ZnCu
_chemical_formula_sum   'Er2 Zn1 Cu1'
_cell_volume   82.44803015
_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
  Er  Er0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Er  Er1  1  0.50000100  0.50000100  0.50000100  1.0
  Zn  Zn2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
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