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NbZn2Cu2Ni7

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-3293711 · Space group: P4/mmm (#123)

Basic Information

Formula
NbZn2Cu2Ni7
MP-ID
mp-3293711
Elements
4
Sites
12
Density
9.1471
g/cm³
Volume
138.27
ų
Cell a
3.6449
Å
Cell b
3.6449
Å
Cell c
10.4078
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P4/mmm
Point Group
4/mmm
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tP
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 6)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
43.76 2.0689 100.0 (1,1,3)
50.05 1.8225 33.1 (2,0,0)
52.77 1.7346 13.8 (0,0,6)
73.49 1.2887 9.7 (2,2,0)
75.69 1.2565 17.4 (2,0,6)
89.63 1.0938 22.7 (3,1,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.17248
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-12.51589
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-12.5159
eV/atom
Volume/atom
11.52
ų
c/a Ratio
2.8554

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0210
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000150
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ni · 0.583
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.417
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.1187
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
9.3012
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
1.7818
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
5.075%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1195
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
10.083
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-8.242
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8070
SS Former
1
Phase Tendency
SS

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-3293711
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of NbZn2Cu2Ni7 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3293711, 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_NbZn2Cu2Ni7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.64490605
_cell_length_b   3.64490605
_cell_length_c   10.40778596
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   NbZn2Cu2Ni7
_chemical_formula_sum   'Nb1 Zn2 Cu2 Ni7'
_cell_volume   138.27097635
_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
  Nb  Nb0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Zn  Zn1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.33811586  1.0
  Zn  Zn2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.66188414  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.33633724  1.0
  Cu  Cu4  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.66366276  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.17091828  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.82908172  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.17091828  1.0
  Ni  Ni10  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni11  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.82908172  1.0
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