Ca3SbN

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-31157 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

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Basic Information

Formula

Ca3SbN

MP-ID

mp-31157

Elements

Sites

Density

2.2275

g/cm³

Volume

190.84

Å³

Cell a

5.7574

Cell b

5.7574

Cell c

5.7574

α Angle

90.00

β Angle

90.00

γ Angle

90.00

Space Group

Pm-3m

Point Group

m-3m

Crystal System

Cubic

Bravais Lattice

Stability

Packing Fraction

0.5236

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

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

Diffraction Peaks (Top 20)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
15.39	5.7574	100.0	(1,0,0)
21.83	4.0711	33.8	(1,1,0)
31.07	2.8787	56.1	(2,0,0)
34.84	2.5748	53.3	(2,1,0)
38.29	2.3505	15.6	(2,1,1)
44.51	2.0356	39.1	(2,2,0)
47.37	1.9191	27.8	(2,2,1)
50.10	1.8207	7.1	(3,1,0)
55.27	1.6620	13.1	(2,2,2)
57.74	1.5968	12.2	(3,2,0)
60.13	1.5387	8.0	(3,2,1)
64.77	1.4394	5.9	(4,0,0)
67.02	1.3964	15.5	(4,1,0)
69.23	1.3570	3.9	(3,3,0)
73.57	1.2874	15.8	(4,2,0)
75.70	1.2564	10.9	(4,2,1)
77.81	1.2275	1.9	(3,3,2)
81.99	1.1752	11.7	(4,2,2)
84.06	1.1515	5.2	(4,3,0)
86.12	1.1291	4.5	(4,3,1)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.51887

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-3.17794

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

1.6832

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-3.1057

eV/atom

Volume/atom

38.17

Å³

c/a Ratio

1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0202

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000110

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

Ca · 0.600

Element Family

Alkali-AlkEarth

Solute Fraction

0.400

Interstitial Fraction

0.200

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

0.9503

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

7.9005

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

0.0806

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

29.610%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.8191

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

3.200

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-84.530

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.8650

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.374

Family

Interstitial Alloy

Matrix Element

Ca · 0.600

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (5)

aaachrhq aaaddnoq aaadsnay aaaeusgg aaafwwsz

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-31157

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ca3SbN were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-31157, 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

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Raw CIF Data

# generated using pymatgen
data_Ca3SbN
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.75740500
_cell_length_b   5.75740500
_cell_length_c   5.75740500
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ca3SbN
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ca3 Sb1 N1'
_cell_volume   190.84480473
_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
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Sb  Sb3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  N  N4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0

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