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Al3BN4

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MP-ID: mp-1019380 · Space group: P-43m (#215)

Basic Information

Formula
Al3BN4
MP-ID
mp-1019380
Elements
3
Sites
8
Density
3.2680
g/cm³
Volume
75.09
ų
Cell a
4.2189
Å
Cell b
4.2189
Å
Cell c
4.2189
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P-43m
Point Group
-43m
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 12)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
21.06 4.2189 2.8 (1,0,0)
29.95 2.9832 7.7 (1,1,0)
36.90 2.4358 100.0 (1,1,1)
42.87 2.1094 7.4 (2,0,0)
48.23 1.8867 8.9 (2,1,0)
53.18 1.7224 5.7 (2,1,1)
62.24 1.4916 47.0 (2,2,0)
66.49 1.4063 2.8 (3,0,0)
70.60 1.3341 2.1 (3,1,0)
74.61 1.2720 30.5 (3,1,1)
78.54 1.2179 3.0 (2,2,2)
86.27 1.1275 1.9 (3,2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-1.36116
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-9.36836
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2518
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-7.5291
eV/atom
Volume/atom
9.39
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Non-metal
Band Gap
3.361
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0005
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
223.081
GPa
GVRH
145.417
GPa
Young's Modulus E
358.380
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.232
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.534
Vickers Hardness Est.
19.321
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.756
Lame λ
126.136
GPa

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
N · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.625

Elasticity Features

Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.7560
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2320
Debye Temperature
1,042.8
K
Sound Velocity
7,390.5
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2320

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1019380
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Al3BN4 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1019380, 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_Al3BN4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.21888500
_cell_length_b   4.21888500
_cell_length_c   4.21888500
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Al3BN4
_chemical_formula_sum   'Al3 B1 N4'
_cell_volume   75.09189464
_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
  Al  Al0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Al  Al1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Al  Al2  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  B  B3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  N  N4  1  0.77260900  0.77260900  0.22739100  1.0
  N  N5  1  0.77260900  0.22739100  0.77260900  1.0
  N  N6  1  0.22739100  0.77260900  0.77260900  1.0
  N  N7  1  0.22739100  0.22739100  0.22739100  1.0
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