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Basic Information

Formula
Ca3PN
MP-ID
mp-1013540
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
1.8532
g/cm³
Volume
148.04
ų
Cell a
5.2900
Å
Cell b
5.2900
Å
Cell c
5.2900
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Pm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.5236

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 14)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
16.76 5.2900 75.8 (1,0,0)
29.24 3.0542 83.5 (1,1,1)
33.89 2.6450 100.0 (2,0,0)
38.04 2.3658 34.3 (2,1,0)
48.69 1.8703 64.1 (2,2,0)
51.85 1.7633 16.9 (3,0,0)
57.81 1.5950 29.0 (3,1,1)
60.64 1.5271 20.6 (2,2,2)
63.40 1.4672 7.3 (3,2,0)
71.31 1.3225 9.1 (4,0,0)
73.86 1.2830 9.4 (3,2,2)
78.87 1.2136 10.0 (3,3,1)
81.34 1.1829 24.7 (4,2,0)
83.80 1.1544 6.8 (4,2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.04529
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-7.89444
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
1.1601
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.8113
eV/atom
Volume/atom
29.61
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0035
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000020
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
36.021
GPa
GVRH
21.220
GPa
Young's Modulus E
53.211
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.254
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.698
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
3.575
Lame λ
21.874
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ca · 0.600
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.400
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9503
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.9005
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.0559
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
33.748%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.8356
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
3.200
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-105.273
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8650
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1013540
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ca3PN were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1013540, 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_Ca3PN
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.29000000
_cell_length_b   5.29000000
_cell_length_c   5.29000000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ca3PN
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ca3 P1 N1'
_cell_volume   148.03588900
_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
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  P  P3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  N  N4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
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