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MP-ID: mp-999390 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
NbCr3
MP-ID
mp-999390
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
7.7920
g/cm³
Volume
53.04
ų
Cell a
4.2174
Å
Cell b
4.2174
Å
Cell c
4.2174
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-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 10)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
25.87 3.4435 6.9 (1,1,1)
29.96 2.9822 3.6 (1,1,0)
42.89 2.1087 100.0 (2,1,1)
50.77 1.7983 3.6 (2,2,1)
53.20 1.7217 1.0 (2,2,2)
62.27 1.4911 15.1 (2,2,0)
68.58 1.3683 1.5 (3,2,2)
70.63 1.3337 1.4 (3,2,1)
78.58 1.2175 29.1 (3,3,2)
84.39 1.1478 1.2 (3,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.12223
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-17.36630
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1222
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-9.6650
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.26
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.0173
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.000330
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
226.813
GPa
GVRH
84.137
GPa
Young's Modulus E
224.635
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.335
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.696
Vickers Hardness Est.
5.380
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.841
Lame λ
170.722
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Cr · 0.750
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.8410
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3350
Debye Temperature
463.6
K
Sound Velocity
3,687.1
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3350

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-999390
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of NbCr3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-999390, 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_NbCr3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.21739273
_cell_length_b   4.21739273
_cell_length_c   4.21739273
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   NbCr3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Nb1 Cr3'
_cell_volume   53.04166375
_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
  Cr  Cr1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Cr  Cr2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Cr  Cr3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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