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ScNiP

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MP-ID: mp-10240 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

Basic Information

Formula
ScNiP
MP-ID
mp-10240
Elements
3
Sites
12
Density
5.3720
g/cm³
Volume
166.45
ų
Cell a
3.7330
Å
Cell b
6.3352
Å
Cell c
7.0385
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Pnma
Point Group
mmm
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Bravais Lattice
Orthorhombic P
Stability
Yes
Packing Fraction
0.5240

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; CuKa ; λ=1.5406 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
18.85 4.7087 39.2 (0,1,1)
25.31 3.5193 6.3 (0,0,2)
29.02 3.0765 1.6 (0,1,2)
30.56 2.9252 21.1 (1,1,1)
30.96 2.8886 1.9 (0,2,1)
37.23 2.4153 59.6 (1,2,0)
37.90 2.3741 100.0 (1,1,2)
38.23 2.3544 20.7 (0,2,2)
39.44 2.2845 89.3 (1,2,1)
41.02 2.2001 30.4 (0,1,3)
44.81 2.0227 43.8 (0,3,1)
45.55 1.9914 20.6 (1,2,2)
45.67 1.9864 68.4 (1,0,3)
48.00 1.8954 22.5 (1,1,3)
48.27 1.8853 19.1 (0,2,3)
48.79 1.8665 54.9 (2,0,0)
50.40 1.8108 19.0 (0,3,2)
51.38 1.7784 18.1 (1,3,1)
51.97 1.7596 2.0 (0,0,4)
52.76 1.7351 5.0 (2,1,1)
54.09 1.6954 6.4 (0,1,4)
54.53 1.6829 3.3 (1,2,3)
55.75 1.6489 1.5 (2,0,2)
56.48 1.6292 2.9 (1,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-1.20276
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-7.04545
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-12.0491
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.87
ų
c/a Ratio
-

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
147.371
GPa
GVRH
92.423
GPa
Young's Modulus E
229.328
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.241
Pugh Ratio K/G
1.595
Vickers Hardness Est.
13.366
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
0.056
Lame λ
85.756
GPa

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Sc · 0.333
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.667
Interstitial Fraction
0.333

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0986
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
9.1339
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.1740
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
16.644%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3448
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-67.542
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
1.0000
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
C
Score
0.430
Family
Sc-rich Multi-Component
Matrix Element
Sc · 0.333

Elasticity Features

Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.0560
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.2410
Debye Temperature
569.8
K
Sound Velocity
4,599.9
m/s
Homogeneity
0.2410

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10240
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of ScNiP were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10240, 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

BibTeX
@article{Horton2025,
  author  = {Horton, Matthew K. and Huck, Patrick and Yang, Ruo Xi and Munro, Jason M. and Dwaraknath, Shyam and Ganose, Alex M. and Kingsbury, Ryan S. and Wen, Mingjian and Shen, Jimmy X. and Mathis, Tyler S. and Kaplan, Aaron D. and Berket, Karlo and Riebesell, Janosh and George, Janine and Rosen, Andrew S. and Spotte-Smith, Evan W. C. and McDermott, Matthew J. and Cohen, Orion A. and Dunn, Alex and Kuner, Matthew C. and Rignanese, Gian-Marco and Petretto, Guido and Waroquiers, David and Griffin, Sinead M. and Neaton, Jeffrey B. and Chrzan, Daryl C. and Asta, Mark and Hautier, Geoffroy and Cholia, Shreyas and Ceder, Gerbrand and Ong, Shyue Ping and Jain, Anubhav and Persson, Kristin A.},
  title   = {Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project},
  journal = {Nature Materials},
  year    = {2025},
  volume  = {24},
  number  = {10},
  pages   = {1522--1532},
  month   = {oct},
  doi     = {10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  issn    = {1476-4660},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  abstract = {The Materials Project was launched formally in 2011 to drive materials discovery forwards through high-throughput computation and open data. More than a decade later, the Materials Project has become an indispensable tool used by more than 600,000 materials researchers around the world. This Perspective describes how the Materials Project, as a data platform and a software ecosystem, has helped to shape research in data-driven materials science. We cover how sustainable software and computational methods have accelerated materials design while becoming more open source and collaborative in nature. Next, we present cases where the Materials Project was used to understand and discover functional materials. We then describe our efforts to meet the needs of an expanding user base, through technical infrastructure updates ranging from data architecture and cloud resources to interactive web applications. Finally, we discuss opportunities to better aid the research community, with the vision that more accessible and easy-to-understand materials data will result in democratized materials knowledge and an increasingly collaborative community.}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_ScNiP
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.73296501
_cell_length_b   6.33519374
_cell_length_c   7.03851522
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   ScNiP
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sc4 Ni4 P4'
_cell_volume   166.45424456
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.75000000  0.48066120  0.18552120  1.0
  Sc  Sc1  1  0.25000000  0.01933880  0.68552120  1.0
  Sc  Sc2  1  0.75000000  0.98066120  0.31447880  1.0
  Sc  Sc3  1  0.25000000  0.51933880  0.81447880  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.25000000  0.64067228  0.43896992  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.25000000  0.14067228  0.06103008  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.75000000  0.85932772  0.93896992  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.75000000  0.35932772  0.56103008  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.25000000  0.76752918  0.11736216  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.25000000  0.26752918  0.38263784  1.0
  P  P10  1  0.75000000  0.23247082  0.88263784  1.0
  P  P11  1  0.75000000  0.73247082  0.61736216  1.0
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