Navigation

HEAS Data Platform · Materials Science Database

MP-ID: mp-1023371 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Sn4SF6
MP-ID
mp-1023371
Elements
3
Sites
11
Density
4.4545
g/cm³
Volume
231.46
ų
Cell a
5.1125
Å
Cell b
7.2302
Å
Cell c
7.2302
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P1
Point Group
1
Crystal System
Triclinic
Bravais Lattice
aP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
-

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
14.14 6.2616 1.8 (0,1,-1,0)
22.45 3.9602 100.0 (1,1,-2,0)
24.63 3.6151 2.5 (0,2,-2,1)
28.51 3.1308 97.3 (0,2,-2,0)
30.28 2.9517 57.1 (1,2,-3,1)
33.57 2.6699 2.6 (1,2,-3,0)
35.11 2.5563 17.5 (2,0,-2,0)
38.02 2.3666 3.4 (2,1,-3,0)
42.07 2.1477 40.7 (1,3,-4,1)
43.35 2.0872 1.2 (0,3,-3,0)
45.83 1.9801 60.0 (2,2,-4,0)
47.03 1.9324 13.5 (1,3,-4,0)
50.49 1.8076 14.7 (0,4,-4,2)
50.49 1.8076 6.1 (0,2,-2,4)
55.92 1.6444 31.3 (3,1,-4,0)
59.01 1.5654 4.7 (0,4,-4,0)
59.01 1.5654 7.5 (0,4,-4,4)
60.02 1.5415 6.9 (3,2,-5,1)
62.98 1.4759 20.0 (2,4,-6,2)
67.76 1.3830 23.4 (3,-3,0,-1)
70.55 1.3350 15.2 (2,4,-6,0)
71.47 1.3201 10.6 (3,-3,0,0)
71.47 1.3201 5.7 (1,1,-2,-4)
74.19 1.2781 1.9 (4,0,-4,0)
Get direct link

Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.58946
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-2.28901
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
2.8202
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-2.0370
eV/atom
Volume/atom
21.04
ų
c/a Ratio
1.4142

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0001
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
F · 0.545
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.455
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9165
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.6195
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.3109
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
51.686%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.9588
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
4.727
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-6.082
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8342
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1023371
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Sn4SF6 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1023371, 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

Loading 3D structure…

Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_Sn4SF6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.11253700
_cell_length_b   7.23021900
_cell_length_c   7.23021847
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000213
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Sn4SF6
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sn4 S1 F6'
_cell_volume   231.45681737
_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
  Sn  Sn0  1  0.99524700  0.50852000  0.50088600  1.0
  Sn  Sn1  1  0.99236600  0.49436100  0.99524700  1.0
  Sn  Sn2  1  0.50088600  0.99711900  0.99236600  1.0
  Sn  Sn3  1  0.49057900  0.00000000  0.49057900  1.0
  S  S4  1  0.92023800  0.00000000  0.92023800  1.0
  F  F5  1  0.69757900  0.25658000  0.38947900  1.0
  F  F6  1  0.13290000  0.30809900  0.69757900  1.0
  F  F7  1  0.38947900  0.43532100  0.13290000  1.0
  F  F8  1  0.41649900  0.86922400  0.67092100  1.0
  F  F9  1  0.80169700  0.74557900  0.41649900  1.0
  F  F10  1  0.67092100  0.38519700  0.80169700  1.0
Get direct link