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Hf4NbSi3N

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-3295922 · Space group: P-31m (#162)

Basic Information

Formula
Hf4NbSi3N
MP-ID
mp-3295922
Elements
4
Sites
18
Density
10.6028
g/cm³
Volume
283.51
ų
Cell a
7.7521
Å
Cell b
7.7521
Å
Cell c
5.4475
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P-31m
Point Group
-3m
Crystal System
Trigonal
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
13.19 6.7135 10.1 (1,0,-1,0)
13.19 6.7135 5.0 (1,-1,0,0)
16.27 5.4475 3.7 (0,0,0,1)
21.00 4.2301 3.6 (1,0,-1,1)
22.94 3.8761 4.0 (1,1,-2,0)
22.94 3.8761 8.1 (2,-1,-1,0)
26.55 3.3568 13.6 (2,0,-2,0)
26.55 3.3568 27.1 (2,-2,0,0)
28.26 3.1582 90.1 (2,-1,-1,1)
31.30 2.8578 1.7 (2,0,-2,1)
32.88 2.7238 14.8 (0,0,0,2)
35.37 2.5375 75.8 (3,-1,-2,0)
35.57 2.5240 64.7 (1,0,-1,2)
39.16 2.3002 89.3 (3,-1,-2,1)
39.16 2.3002 89.3 (3,-2,-1,1)
40.30 2.2378 38.9 (3,0,-3,0)
40.48 2.2286 100.0 (2,-1,-1,2)
43.73 2.0700 2.4 (3,0,-3,1)
46.88 1.9380 1.1 (4,-2,-2,0)
49.07 1.8566 1.4 (2,1,-3,2)
49.07 1.8566 2.8 (3,-1,-2,2)
49.95 1.8259 8.0 (4,-2,-2,1)
52.96 1.7291 5.7 (3,0,-3,2)
54.69 1.6784 9.0 (4,0,-4,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-1.14180
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-27.89622
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-27.8962
eV/atom
Volume/atom
15.75
ų
c/a Ratio
0.7027

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0001
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
Hf · 0.444
Element Family
5d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.556
Interstitial Fraction
0.444
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
0.2505
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
20.765%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.5333
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
4.222
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-80.198
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-3295922
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Hf4NbSi3N were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3295922, 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_Hf4NbSi3N
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.75209744
_cell_length_b   7.75209705
_cell_length_c   5.44753664
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   119.99999325
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Hf4NbSi3N
_chemical_formula_sum   'Hf8 Nb2 Si6 N2'
_cell_volume   283.51056362
_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
  Hf  Hf0  1  0.23567036  0.00000000  0.25029127  1.0
  Hf  Hf1  1  0.76432964  1.00000000  0.74970873  1.0
  Hf  Hf2  1  0.00000000  0.23567036  0.25029127  1.0
  Hf  Hf3  1  1.00000000  0.76432964  0.74970873  1.0
  Hf  Hf4  1  0.76432964  0.76432964  0.25029127  1.0
  Hf  Hf5  1  0.23567036  0.23567036  0.74970873  1.0
  Hf  Hf6  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.00000000  1.0
  Hf  Hf7  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.00000000  1.0
  Nb  Nb8  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.50000000  1.0
  Nb  Nb9  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.59307770  1.00000000  0.25960206  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.40692230  0.00000000  0.74039794  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  1.00000000  0.59307770  0.25960206  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.00000000  0.40692230  0.74039794  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.40692230  0.40692230  0.25960206  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.59307770  0.59307770  0.74039794  1.0
  N  N16  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  N  N17  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
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