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DyZrNb3Si4

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-3292418 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
DyZrNb3Si4
MP-ID
mp-3292418
Elements
4
Sites
36
Density
6.8458
g/cm³
Volume
625.60
ų
Cell a
6.9686
Å
Cell b
6.9674
Å
Cell c
12.8851
Å
α Angle
89.96
°
β Angle
90.07
°
γ Angle
89.85
°
Space Group
P1
Point Group
1
Crystal System
Triclinic
Bravais Lattice
aP
Stability
Yes
Packing Fraction
-

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
6.86 12.8851 16.4 (0,0,1)
12.70 6.9685 7.7 (1,0,0)
12.71 6.9674 2.0 (0,1,0)
13.75 6.4425 5.9 (0,0,2)
14.45 6.1308 7.7 (0,1,1)
14.46 6.1268 3.6 (0,1,-1)
14.46 6.1264 1.2 (1,0,1)
17.98 4.9336 4.2 (1,1,0)
18.03 4.9206 3.9 (1,-1,0)
18.75 4.7335 5.8 (1,0,-2)
19.26 4.6079 11.9 (1,1,-1)
19.27 4.6070 7.0 (1,1,1)
19.32 4.5947 6.3 (1,-1,1)
22.70 3.9176 5.1 (1,1,-2)
22.70 3.9164 9.8 (1,1,2)
22.72 3.9131 1.9 (1,-1,-2)
24.33 3.6583 3.6 (1,0,-3)
24.34 3.6574 10.4 (0,1,3)
24.36 3.6544 3.1 (1,0,3)
25.57 3.4843 8.0 (2,0,0)
25.57 3.4837 6.5 (0,2,0)
26.49 3.3645 13.8 (2,0,-1)
26.50 3.3636 6.1 (0,2,1)
26.51 3.3624 13.5 (2,0,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.89936
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-19.12479
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-19.1248
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.38
ų
c/a Ratio
1.8490

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0027
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Si · 0.444
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.556
Interstitial Fraction
0.444

High-Entropy Alloy Features

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
0.5040
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
14.919%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2458
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-41.877
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8764
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-3292418
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of DyZrNb3Si4 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3292418, 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_DyZrNb3Si4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.96854615
_cell_length_b   6.96742245
_cell_length_c   12.88509320
_cell_angle_alpha   89.95532813
_cell_angle_beta   90.06920447
_cell_angle_gamma   89.84845965
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   DyZrNb3Si4
_chemical_formula_sum   'Dy4 Zr4 Nb12 Si16'
_cell_volume   625.60458042
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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  0.99772875  0.65853277  0.03295709  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.00291572  0.33957879  0.53108349  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.65963707  0.99792738  0.96941226  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.16157990  0.50213442  0.78084818  1.0
  Zr  Zr4  1  0.84224206  0.50251760  0.28415630  1.0
  Zr  Zr5  1  0.49727362  0.15910522  0.21852604  1.0
  Zr  Zr6  1  0.50574138  0.84547855  0.71539571  1.0
  Zr  Zr7  1  0.34557715  0.99577101  0.46593475  1.0
  Nb  Nb8  1  0.34914033  0.50694439  0.37526800  1.0
  Nb  Nb9  1  0.84653866  0.99721997  0.37303519  1.0
  Nb  Nb10  1  0.00537747  0.15346856  0.12960154  1.0
  Nb  Nb11  1  0.99281455  0.84930296  0.62412458  1.0
  Nb  Nb12  1  0.65001280  0.49183592  0.87558259  1.0
  Nb  Nb13  1  0.50392060  0.34608380  0.62162980  1.0
  Nb  Nb14  1  0.49439102  0.65013935  0.12733131  1.0
  Nb  Nb15  1  0.15372889  0.00388373  0.87272788  1.0
  Nb  Nb16  1  0.66820923  0.67323943  0.49880315  1.0
  Nb  Nb17  1  0.82703003  0.16757467  0.74867007  1.0
  Nb  Nb18  1  0.17059701  0.83111317  0.25152687  1.0
  Nb  Nb19  1  0.32985869  0.32809532  0.00156826  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.04623237  0.70733485  0.43639528  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.95468535  0.29325916  0.93773272  1.0
  Si  Si22  1  0.70134949  0.04655809  0.56159683  1.0
  Si  Si23  1  0.20345902  0.45312569  0.18888752  1.0
  Si  Si24  1  0.79164553  0.54587124  0.68644092  1.0
  Si  Si25  1  0.45446904  0.20102621  0.81197783  1.0
  Si  Si26  1  0.54603358  0.79796399  0.31321402  1.0
  Si  Si27  1  0.29542720  0.95551384  0.06470347  1.0
  Si  Si28  1  0.86261434  0.79365961  0.81667046  1.0
  Si  Si29  1  0.13712989  0.20752393  0.32129375  1.0
  Si  Si30  1  0.79080904  0.86643661  0.18296224  1.0
  Si  Si31  1  0.29663002  0.64045494  0.56953808  1.0
  Si  Si32  1  0.70473667  0.36367561  0.07368462  1.0
  Si  Si33  1  0.63263491  0.29257150  0.42640445  1.0
  Si  Si34  1  0.36662471  0.70590868  0.93128281  1.0
  Si  Si35  1  0.21120690  0.12916901  0.67903094  1.0
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