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Sc3Nb4NiN8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm048008374 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Sc3Nb4NiN8
Alex-ID
agm048008374
Elements
4
Sites
16
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
175.29
ų
Cell a
6.3590
Å
Cell b
6.3590
Å
Cell c
6.3590
Å
α angle
58.43
°
β angle
58.43
°
γ angle
58.43
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Sc3Nb4NiN8
Sc
3.00 · 18.8%
Nb
4.00 · 25.0%
Ni
1.00 · 6.3%
N
8.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1347
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.3452
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-150.2012
eV
Raw total energy
-150.2012
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
10.0994
Total magnetisation
1.5680
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C4D8_63_spg12

Decomposition

Ni3N Sc7NbN8 Nb5N6 Ni

Computed at

2024-08-15 01:18:54.383727

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm048008374).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm048008374
data_agm048008374
_cell_length_a     6.35900
_cell_length_b     6.35900
_cell_length_c     6.35900
_cell_angle_alpha  58.43048
_cell_angle_beta   58.43048
_cell_angle_gamma  58.43048
_cell_volume       175.29326
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Sc1 Sc 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sc2 Sc 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Sc3 Sc 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb1 Nb 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb2 Nb 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Nb3 Nb 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb4 Nb 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  N1 N 0.74811 0.24907 0.74811 1.00000
  N2 N 0.74811 0.74811 0.24907 1.00000
  N3 N 0.74939 0.74939 0.74939 1.00000
  N4 N 0.24907 0.74811 0.74811 1.00000
  N5 N 0.75093 0.25189 0.25189 1.00000
  N6 N 0.25061 0.25061 0.25061 1.00000
  N7 N 0.25189 0.25189 0.75093 1.00000
  N8 N 0.25189 0.75093 0.25189 1.00000
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