Navigation

HEAS Data Platform · Materials Science Database

MP-ID: mp-1102346 · Space group: P6/mmm (#191)

Basic Information

Formula
DyNi4B
MP-ID
mp-1102346
Elements
3
Sites
12
Density
9.0410
g/cm³
Volume
149.90
ų
Cell a
4.9806
Å
Cell b
4.9923
Å
Cell c
6.9560
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
119.92
°
Space Group
P6/mmm
Point Group
6/mmm
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
Stability
Yes
Packing Fraction
0.7405

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
20.53 4.3269 7.0 (0,1,0)
20.58 4.3167 13.9 (1,0,0)
25.61 3.4780 5.6 (0,0,2)
33.04 2.7108 45.1 (0,1,2)
33.08 2.7083 89.7 (1,0,2)
35.98 2.4962 31.4 (1,1,0)
36.07 2.4903 15.6 (2,-1,0)
38.31 2.3495 10.5 (1,1,1)
38.39 2.3446 5.2 (2,-1,1)
38.84 2.3187 17.7 (0,0,3)
41.75 2.1634 37.3 (0,2,0)
41.85 2.1584 74.1 (2,0,0)
43.82 2.0658 4.1 (0,2,1)
43.92 2.0614 8.2 (2,0,1)
44.32 2.0437 3.5 (0,1,3)
44.35 2.0426 7.0 (1,0,3)
44.69 2.0279 100.0 (1,1,2)
44.76 2.0248 49.8 (2,-1,2)
49.72 1.8339 1.4 (2,0,2)
52.63 1.7390 19.3 (0,0,4)
56.27 1.6349 1.2 (1,2,0)
56.33 1.6332 1.2 (2,1,0)
56.43 1.6305 1.2 (3,-1,0)
57.08 1.6136 2.7 (0,1,4)
Get direct link

Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.48861
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.22500
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.2250
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.49
ų
c/a Ratio
1.3966

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
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
Ni · 0.667
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.333
Interstitial Fraction
0.167
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.8676
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.2129
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.5919
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
19.602%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2710
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
8.833
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-22.222
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.7897
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1102346
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of DyNi4B were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1102346, 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_DyNi4B
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.98063200
_cell_length_b   4.99232111
_cell_length_c   6.95596400
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   119.92257668
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   DyNi4B
_chemical_formula_sum   'Dy2 Ni8 B2'
_cell_volume   149.90399889
_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
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.83332900  0.66665800  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.16667100  0.33334200  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.70708300  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.70736100  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.70736100  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.29291700  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.29263900  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.29263900  1.0
  B  B10  1  0.83334100  0.66668100  0.50000000  1.0
  B  B11  1  0.16665900  0.33331900  0.50000000  1.0
Get direct link