CdN
Traditional Materials TRAMP-ID: mp-1008921 · Space group: F-43m (#216)
Basic Information
Formula
CdN
MP-ID
mp-1008921
Elements
2
Sites
2
Density
6.1613
g/cm³
Volume
34.07
ų
Cell a
3.6389
Å
Cell b
3.6389
Å
Cell c
3.6389
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 8)
| 2θ | d (Å) | I | hkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30.08 | 2.9711 | 100.0 | (1,1,1) |
| 34.87 | 2.5731 | 38.6 | (1,1,0) |
| 50.14 | 1.8194 | 41.4 | (2,1,1) |
| 59.58 | 1.5516 | 40.0 | (2,2,1) |
| 62.52 | 1.4856 | 9.4 | (2,2,2) |
| 73.63 | 1.2865 | 6.1 | (2,2,0) |
| 81.53 | 1.1806 | 15.9 | (3,2,2) |
| 84.13 | 1.1507 | 12.4 | (3,2,1) |
Energy Properties
Formation Energy/atom
0.94191
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-13.67496
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.9419
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.5073
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.04
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
0.7755
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.022760
μB/ų
Elastic Properties
Elastic data not available
Feature Analysis
Composition Overview
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Cd · 0.500
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.500
Traditional Material Features
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.424
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Cd · 0.500
Related Tasks
Citation & References
Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1008921
Reference Citation
The crystal structure and related material properties of CdN were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1008921, 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_CdN
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_cell_length_a 3.63886908
_cell_length_b 3.63886908
_cell_length_c 3.63886908
_cell_angle_alpha 60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta 60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma 60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
_chemical_formula_structural CdN
_chemical_formula_sum 'Cd1 N1'
_cell_volume 34.07095392
_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
Cd Cd0 1 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 1.0
N N1 1 0.25000000 0.25000000 0.25000000 1.0
