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MP-ID: mp-644742 · Space group: Fd-3m (#227)

Basic Information

Formula
Ni2Mo4N
MP-ID
mp-644742
Elements
3
Sites
28
Density
9.5528
g/cm³
Volume
358.19
ų
Cell a
7.9716
Å
Cell b
7.9716
Å
Cell c
7.9716
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fd-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
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 22)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
13.60 6.5088 2.4 (1,1,1)
22.30 3.9858 1.8 (2,1,1)
34.68 2.5863 20.0 (3,1,1)
39.15 2.3012 37.8 (3,3,2)
41.63 2.1696 100.0 (3,3,3)
45.52 1.9929 42.6 (4,2,2)
47.73 1.9056 2.2 (4,3,2)
48.45 1.8789 6.0 (4,3,3)
53.95 1.6995 7.0 (4,4,2)
56.56 1.6272 1.1 (4,4,4)
58.47 1.5786 2.5 (5,3,3)
63.37 1.4677 7.5 (5,4,4)
66.33 1.4092 2.1 (4,4,0)
68.08 1.3773 8.1 (5,5,3)
70.94 1.3286 32.7 (5,5,2)
72.63 1.3018 10.1 (6,4,3)
73.19 1.2932 3.0 (6,2,2)
77.07 1.2374 4.8 (6,5,4)
77.62 1.2300 3.0 (6,5,3)
81.44 1.1818 1.1 (6,5,2)
85.75 1.1330 17.0 (6,6,5)
88.43 1.1055 6.6 (6,5,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.23836
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-9.27852
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0335
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-9.2270
eV/atom
Volume/atom
12.79
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0057
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000020
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mo · 0.571
Element Family
4d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.429
Interstitial Fraction
0.143
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9557
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.9457
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.5048
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
17.248%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3543
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
7.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-33.959
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8699
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-644742
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ni2Mo4N were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-644742, 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_Ni2Mo4N
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.97156123
_cell_length_b   7.97156123
_cell_length_c   7.97156123
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ni2Mo4N
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ni8 Mo16 N4'
_cell_volume   358.19140498
_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
  Ni  Ni0  1  0.99584400  0.33471900  0.33471900  1.0
  Ni  Ni1  1  0.91528100  0.91528100  0.91528100  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.33471900  0.33471900  0.99584400  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.91528100  0.91528100  0.25415600  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.25415600  0.91528100  0.91528100  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.33471900  0.99584400  0.33471900  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.91528100  0.25415600  0.91528100  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.33471900  0.33471900  0.33471900  1.0
  Mo  Mo8  1  0.30531300  0.69468700  0.69468700  1.0
  Mo  Mo9  1  0.12500000  0.12500000  0.62500000  1.0
  Mo  Mo10  1  0.55531300  0.55531300  0.94468700  1.0
  Mo  Mo11  1  0.30531300  0.69468700  0.30531300  1.0
  Mo  Mo12  1  0.30531300  0.30531300  0.69468700  1.0
  Mo  Mo13  1  0.69468700  0.30531300  0.30531300  1.0
  Mo  Mo14  1  0.94468700  0.94468700  0.55531300  1.0
  Mo  Mo15  1  0.94468700  0.55531300  0.94468700  1.0
  Mo  Mo16  1  0.94468700  0.55531300  0.55531300  1.0
  Mo  Mo17  1  0.55531300  0.94468700  0.94468700  1.0
  Mo  Mo18  1  0.12500000  0.12500000  0.12500000  1.0
  Mo  Mo19  1  0.69468700  0.69468700  0.30531300  1.0
  Mo  Mo20  1  0.69468700  0.30531300  0.69468700  1.0
  Mo  Mo21  1  0.55531300  0.94468700  0.55531300  1.0
  Mo  Mo22  1  0.62500000  0.12500000  0.12500000  1.0
  Mo  Mo23  1  0.12500000  0.62500000  0.12500000  1.0
  N  N24  1  0.62500000  0.12500000  0.62500000  1.0
  N  N25  1  0.62500000  0.62500000  0.12500000  1.0
  N  N26  1  0.12500000  0.62500000  0.62500000  1.0
  N  N27  1  0.62500000  0.62500000  0.62500000  1.0
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