Constituent
- Name
- Kamacite
- IMA name
- Kamacite
- Class
- native element
- Compound type
- metallic alloy
- Comments
- Includes other FeNi phases.
- Relevance
- main - minor
- Arrangement
- heterogeneous in multi-phases
- Mass fraction
- 0.01 $\pm$ 0.02
- Formula
- $\alpha-(Fe,Ni)$
- Chemical formula
- α-(Fe,Ni)
- Elemental formula
- (Fe)0.8-1 (Ni)0-0.2
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
Strunz
- Class
- elements (01)
- Division
- metals and intermetallic alloys (01.A)
- Family
- Iron-chromium family (01.AE)
- Code
- 01.AE.05
Dana
- Major class
- native elements (I)
- Class
- native elements (01)
- Type
- with metallic elements other than the platinum group (01.01)
- Group
- Iron-Nickel group (01.01.11)
- Code
- 01.01.11.01
- Phase name
- Alphe Kamacite
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- isometric (cubic)
- Crystal class
- hexoctahedral
- Crystal class symbol
- m-3m (Oh)
- Crystal spacegroup
- Fm-3m
- Molar mass
- 56.13 $g/mol$
- Density
- 7.9 $g/cm^3$
- Color
- Iron black, Steel gray
- Diaphaneity
- opaque
- Luster
- metallic