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YNiC2

高熵材料 HEA 传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1066566 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

Basic Information

Formula
YNiC2
MP-ID
mp-1066566
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
5.8827
g/cm³
Volume
48.44
ų
Cell a
3.7387
Å
Cell b
3.7387
Å
Cell c
3.6105
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
106.28
°
Space Group
Amm2
Point Group
mm2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Bravais Lattice
oC
Stability
Yes
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
24.81 3.5888 12.4 (1,0,0)
29.87 2.9912 17.5 (1,-1,0)
35.26 2.5453 100.0 (1,0,1)
39.11 2.3034 20.1 (1,-1,1)
40.21 2.2428 17.5 (1,1,0)
50.06 1.8222 17.2 (2,-1,0)
50.56 1.8053 11.9 (0,0,2)
50.89 1.7944 12.5 (2,0,0)
56.58 1.6268 7.3 (2,-1,1)
57.11 1.6127 2.7 (1,0,2)
57.34 1.6069 10.7 (2,0,1)
59.84 1.5456 5.1 (1,-1,2)
64.21 1.4506 2.0 (2,1,0)
66.49 1.4063 7.5 (1,1,2)
67.83 1.3818 7.2 (2,-2,1)
69.88 1.3460 12.3 (2,1,1)
73.90 1.2825 9.9 (2,-1,2)
74.57 1.2727 7.5 (2,0,2)
80.25 1.1963 2.7 (3,0,0)
81.89 1.1764 8.6 (3,-1,1)
83.65 1.1561 3.6 (3,-2,0)
85.00 1.1411 7.1 (1,0,3)
85.51 1.1356 2.5 (3,0,1)
85.96 1.1308 1.7 (2,1,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.31569
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-8.00349
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-13.4848
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.11
ų
c/a Ratio
0.9657

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

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Shared across all datasets
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
C · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.500

High-Entropy Alloy Features

HEA
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.3051
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
37.036%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.5496
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.250
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-79.129
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Traditional Material Features

TRA
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1066566
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of YNiC2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1066566, 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_YNiC2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.73866525
_cell_length_b   3.73866525
_cell_length_c   3.61051776
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   106.27565704
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   YNiC2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Y1 Ni1 C2'
_cell_volume   48.44396724
_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
  Y  Y0  1  0.00313647  0.99686353  -0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni1  1  0.61343209  0.38656791  0.50000000  1.0
  C  C2  1  0.45584038  0.84940894  0.50000000  1.0
  C  C3  1  0.15059106  0.54415962  0.50000000  1.0
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