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Basic Information

Formula
LiSiNi2
MP-ID
mp-10181
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
6.1371
g/cm³
Volume
41.24
ų
Cell a
3.8780
Å
Cell b
3.8780
Å
Cell c
3.8780
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
Stability
Yes
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 19)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
28.18 3.1664 3.0 (1,0,0)
28.18 3.1664 9.1 (0,1,0)
32.66 2.7422 99.5 (1,1,0)
46.85 1.9390 33.3 (1,-1,0)
46.85 1.9390 66.7 (1,0,-1)
46.85 1.9390 100.0 (0,1,-1)
55.58 1.6536 1.2 (1,-1,-1)
55.58 1.6536 2.7 (1,1,-1)
58.28 1.5832 5.7 (2,0,0)
58.28 1.5832 5.7 (0,2,0)
58.28 1.5832 11.4 (0,0,2)
68.43 1.3711 29.9 (2,2,0)
77.90 1.2263 4.4 (2,-1,1)
77.90 1.2263 8.8 (2,1,-1)
77.90 1.2263 13.2 (1,2,-1)
87.05 1.1195 10.1 (2,-1,-1)
87.05 1.1195 15.2 (3,1,0)
87.05 1.1195 5.1 (1,3,0)
87.05 1.1195 30.3 (1,1,-2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.50482
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.22844
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-9.2677
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.31
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
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
149.838
GPa
GVRH
65.605
GPa
Young's Modulus E
171.749
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.309
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.284
Vickers Hardness Est.
5.796
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
2.581
Lame λ
106.101
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ni · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.250
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
2.5810
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3090
Debye Temperature
500.0
K
Sound Velocity
3,656.2
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3090

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10181
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of LiSiNi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10181, 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_LiSiNi2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.87799734
_cell_length_b   3.87799693
_cell_length_c   3.87799647
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000399
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000753
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00001138
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   LiSiNi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Li1 Si1 Ni2'
_cell_volume   41.23893629
_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
  Li  Li0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si1  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
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