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ScAlNi2

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MP-ID: mp-10898 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
ScAlNi2
MP-ID
mp-10898
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
5.7960
g/cm³
Volume
54.24
ų
Cell a
4.2489
Å
Cell b
4.2489
Å
Cell c
4.2489
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
Cubic F
Stability
Yes
Packing Fraction
0.7400

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; CuKa ; λ=1.5406 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 15)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
25.68 3.4692 3.2 (1,0,0)
25.68 3.4692 1.1 (0,0,1)
29.74 3.0045 22.9 (1,1,0)
42.55 2.1245 100.0 (2,1,1)
42.55 2.1245 100.0 (1,0,-1)
50.37 1.8118 1.2 (1,2,0)
52.77 1.7346 1.5 (2,0,0)
52.77 1.7346 4.5 (2,2,2)
61.75 1.5022 30.6 (2,2,0)
70.03 1.3436 3.5 (3,1,2)
70.03 1.3436 2.9 (1,2,-1)
77.88 1.2266 4.9 (3,1,0)
77.88 1.2266 29.6 (3,3,2)
77.88 1.2266 19.7 (2,3,3)
77.88 1.2266 4.9 (1,0,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.62743
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.03701
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-11.1339
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.56
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
0.0001
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
129.687
GPa
GVRH
57.619
GPa
Young's Modulus E
150.559
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.307
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.251
Vickers Hardness Est.
5.293
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.289
Lame λ
91.274
GPa

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ni · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
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
0.3291
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
11.395%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2301
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.500
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-40.742
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.674
Family
Ni-based Alloy
Matrix Element
Ni · 0.500

Elasticity Features

Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.2890
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3070
Debye Temperature
439.9
K
Sound Velocity
3,524.7
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3070

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10898
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of ScAlNi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10898, 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_ScAlNi2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.24893619
_cell_length_b   4.24893587
_cell_length_c   4.24893526
_cell_angle_alpha   59.99999696
_cell_angle_beta   59.99999946
_cell_angle_gamma   59.99999714
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   ScAlNi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Sc1 Al1 Ni2'
_cell_volume   54.24072429
_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
  Sc  Sc0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Al  Al1  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
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