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Basic Information

Formula
Sc2MnGe
MP-ID
mp-999249
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
5.3657
g/cm³
Volume
67.31
ų
Cell a
4.5659
Å
Cell b
4.5659
Å
Cell c
4.5659
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
F-43m
Point Group
-43m
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
23.87 3.7280 5.2 (1,1,1)
39.47 2.2830 100.0 (2,1,1)
46.65 1.9469 3.0 (2,2,1)
57.05 1.6143 15.8 (2,2,0)
62.72 1.4814 1.3 (3,2,2)
71.59 1.3181 30.5 (3,3,2)
76.69 1.2427 1.0 (3,3,3)
84.97 1.1415 9.4 (4,2,2)
89.87 1.0915 1.1 (4,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.18636
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.79886
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.4117
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.7989
eV/atom
Volume/atom
16.83
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
1.0011
μB
Mag. Ordering
FiM
Mag. Sites
3
Magnetization/Volume
0.014870
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
80.831
GPa
GVRH
13.991
GPa
Young's Modulus E
39.683
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.418
Pugh Ratio K/G
5.777
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.000
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
-450.006
Lame λ
71.504
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Sc · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
-450.0060
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.4180
Debye Temperature
212.8
K
Sound Velocity
1,832.5
m/s
Homogeneity
0.4180

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-999249
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Sc2MnGe were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-999249, 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_Sc2MnGe
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.56589738
_cell_length_b   4.56589738
_cell_length_c   4.56589738
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Sc2MnGe
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sc2 Mn1 Ge1'
_cell_volume   67.30749714
_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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Sc  Sc1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Mn  Mn2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge3  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
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