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NiC4NCl3

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-1180076 · Space group: P6_3 (#173)

Basic Information

Formula
NiC4NCl3
MP-ID
mp-1180076
Elements
4
Sites
18
Density
2.0871
g/cm³
Volume
361.38
ų
Cell a
8.5081
Å
Cell b
8.5081
Å
Cell c
5.7646
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P6_3
Point Group
6
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
Stability
No
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
12.01 7.3682 100.0 (1,0,-1,0)
19.55 4.5402 4.6 (1,0,-1,1)
20.88 4.2541 32.2 (2,-1,-1,0)
26.03 3.4229 2.6 (2,-1,-1,1)
28.76 3.1043 19.8 (2,0,-2,1)
31.03 2.8823 1.5 (0,0,0,2)
35.81 2.5076 7.3 (3,-1,-2,1)
35.81 2.5076 3.6 (2,1,-3,1)
36.59 2.4561 1.0 (3,0,-3,0)
37.70 2.3862 8.6 (2,-1,-1,2)
39.70 2.2701 9.9 (2,0,-2,2)
39.90 2.2595 4.8 (3,0,-3,1)
42.50 2.1270 3.6 (4,-2,-2,0)
44.33 2.0436 4.5 (4,-1,-3,0)
45.28 2.0028 17.2 (3,-1,-2,2)
47.19 1.9261 1.8 (4,-1,-3,1)
48.71 1.8694 9.7 (3,0,-3,2)
53.54 1.7115 3.1 (4,-2,-2,2)
54.27 1.6904 2.1 (5,-3,-2,0)
54.27 1.6904 4.2 (5,-2,-3,0)
55.09 1.6671 2.7 (4,-1,-3,2)
57.30 1.6079 4.8 (5,-1,-4,0)
58.34 1.5816 2.5 (3,-1,-2,3)
58.34 1.5816 1.3 (2,1,-3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
1.03217
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.25538
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
1.4669
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.0507
eV/atom
Volume/atom
20.08
ų
c/a Ratio
0.6775

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.0068
μB
Mag. Ordering
FiM
Mag. Sites
4
Magnetization/Volume
0.000020
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
C · 0.444
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.556
Interstitial Fraction
0.556
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.2149
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
10.1006
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
1.9460
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
18.044%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4017
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.111
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-10.149
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8764
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1180076
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of NiC4NCl3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1180076, 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_NiC4NCl3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.50811052
_cell_length_b   8.50811052
_cell_length_c   5.76457600
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.00000405
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   NiC4NCl3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ni2 C8 N2 Cl6'
_cell_volume   361.38009592
_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
  Ni  Ni0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50612900  1.0
  Ni  Ni1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00612900  1.0
  C  C2  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.56880600  1.0
  C  C3  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.06880600  1.0
  C  C4  1  0.62972400  0.19419100  0.75015900  1.0
  C  C5  1  0.56446700  0.37027600  0.75015900  1.0
  C  C6  1  0.80580900  0.43553300  0.75015900  1.0
  C  C7  1  0.37027600  0.80580900  0.25015900  1.0
  C  C8  1  0.43553300  0.62972400  0.25015900  1.0
  C  C9  1  0.19419100  0.56446700  0.25015900  1.0
  N  N10  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.92992400  1.0
  N  N11  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.42992400  1.0
  Cl  Cl12  1  0.84090500  0.07981600  0.25638400  1.0
  Cl  Cl13  1  0.23891100  0.15909500  0.25638400  1.0
  Cl  Cl14  1  0.92018400  0.76108900  0.25638400  1.0
  Cl  Cl15  1  0.15909500  0.92018400  0.75638400  1.0
  Cl  Cl16  1  0.76108900  0.84090500  0.75638400  1.0
  Cl  Cl17  1  0.07981600  0.23891100  0.75638400  1.0
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