LaNiSb2

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-1079572 · Space group: P4/nmm (#129)

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Basic Information

Formula

LaNiSb2

MP-ID

mp-1079572

Elements

Sites

Density

7.4324

g/cm³

Volume

197.11

Å³

Cell a

4.4277

Cell b

4.4277

Cell c

10.0543

α Angle

90.00

β Angle

90.00

γ Angle

90.00

Space Group

P4/nmm

Point Group

4/mmm

Crystal System

Tetragonal

Bravais Lattice

Stability

Yes

Packing Fraction

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å

Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
8.80	10.0543	8.0	(0,0,1)
17.64	5.0271	3.5	(0,0,2)
21.93	4.0522	7.8	(1,0,1)
26.60	3.3514	11.1	(0,0,3)
26.83	3.3227	21.0	(1,0,2)
28.51	3.1309	3.8	(1,1,0)
29.89	2.9893	29.3	(1,1,1)
33.54	2.6722	49.4	(1,0,3)
33.73	2.6576	100.0	(1,1,2)
35.72	2.5136	8.3	(0,0,4)
39.38	2.2879	1.3	(1,1,3)
40.76	2.2138	56.7	(2,0,0)
44.73	2.0261	1.2	(2,0,2)
45.09	2.0109	1.4	(0,0,5)
46.32	1.9601	11.6	(1,1,4)
46.76	1.9428	2.1	(2,1,1)
49.33	1.8472	8.2	(2,0,3)
49.47	1.8424	7.7	(2,1,2)
49.80	1.8309	14.8	(1,0,5)
53.77	1.7048	25.5	(2,1,3)
55.30	1.6613	9.2	(2,0,4)
58.93	1.5672	4.7	(1,0,6)
59.01	1.5654	18.6	(2,2,0)
62.39	1.4885	2.2	(2,0,5)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-0.86895

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-5.61249

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.0000

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-24.1310

eV/atom

Volume/atom

24.64

Å³

c/a Ratio

2.2708

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Yes

Total Mag. Moment

0.0000

μB

Mag. Ordering

Unknown

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000000

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

Sb · 0.500

Element Family

PostTransition-Noble

Solute Fraction

0.500

Interstitial Fraction

0.000

High-Entropy Alloy Features

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

0.2729

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

17.161%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.3953

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

5.750

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-37.441

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.9464

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.509

Family

Sb-rich Multi-Component

Matrix Element

Sb · 0.500

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (5)

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1079572

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of LaNiSb2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1079572, 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_LaNiSb2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.42768468
_cell_length_b   4.42768468
_cell_length_c   10.05425152
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   LaNiSb2
_chemical_formula_sum   'La2 Ni2 Sb4'
_cell_volume   197.10748430
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  La  La0  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.74291055  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.50000000  -0.00000000  0.25708945  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Sb  Sb4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Sb  Sb5  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Sb  Sb6  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.37650692  1.0
  Sb  Sb7  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.62349308  1.0

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