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MP-ID: mp-984772 · Space group: I4/mmm (#139)

Basic Information

Formula
Ce3Zn
MP-ID
mp-984772
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
8.0266
g/cm³
Volume
100.49
ų
Cell a
5.7107
Å
Cell b
5.7107
Å
Cell c
5.7107
Å
α Angle
132.11
°
β Angle
132.11
°
γ Angle
70.06
°
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 16)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
18.98 4.6762 1.9 (1,1,-1)
21.39 4.1535 5.9 (1,0,-1)
27.20 3.2780 1.6 (1,-1,0)
33.38 2.6842 100.0 (2,0,-1)
34.68 2.5869 1.7 (2,1,-2)
38.50 2.3381 16.9 (2,2,-2)
38.85 2.3179 33.0 (1,-1,1)
44.78 2.0240 1.7 (2,-1,-1)
53.05 1.7263 1.1 (3,0,-2)
55.85 1.6461 22.7 (3,1,-3)
56.12 1.6390 11.2 (2,-2,0)
66.41 1.4077 13.4 (3,3,-4)
66.89 1.3988 26.2 (3,-1,-2)
70.12 1.3421 11.4 (4,0,-2)
82.51 1.1691 1.8 (4,4,-4)
83.39 1.1589 3.6 (2,-2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.05029
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-4.81794
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0602
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-25.4401
eV/atom
Volume/atom
25.12
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
3.4416
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.034250
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
34.023
GPa
GVRH
19.568
GPa
Young's Modulus E
49.260
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.259
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.739
Vickers Hardness Est.
2.964
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
3.294
Lame λ
20.978
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ce · 0.750
Element Family
Lanthanide
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
3.2940
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2590
Debye Temperature
176.3
K
Sound Velocity
1,735.2
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2590

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-984772
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ce3Zn were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-984772, 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_Ce3Zn
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.71069978
_cell_length_b   5.71069978
_cell_length_c   5.71069978
_cell_angle_alpha   132.10699281
_cell_angle_beta   132.10699281
_cell_angle_gamma   70.06009579
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ce3Zn
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ce3 Zn1'
_cell_volume   100.49297954
_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
  Ce  Ce0  1  0.75000000  0.25000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ce  Ce1  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ce  Ce2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Zn  Zn3  1  0.00000000  -0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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