Material:

Nb4SiNi

ID:

MMD-3383

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Compounds with the same formula: Nb4SiNi (1 entry found)
Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Si-Ni (6 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

tetragonal

Space group number

124

Hermann-Mauguin

P4/mcc

Hall

-P 4 2c

Point group

4/mmm

Structure data:

Normalized formula

Nb4SiNi

The number of formula units per unit cell

2

The total number of atoms per unit cell

12

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

3

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

6.2599

b (Å)

6.2599

c (Å)

4.9742

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

90.000

Volume (Å3)

194.921

Density (g/cm3)

7.810

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-375.9 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram
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Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: Nb4SiNi

1 entry found

Compounds with the same elements: Nb-Si-Ni

6 entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Si system

No entries found

Binary compounds in Nb-Ni system

12 entries found

Binary compounds in Si-Ni system

11 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

0.01 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.00 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.00 T (= 0.0 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic easy axis

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

Atomic positions (fractional coordinates) and site-specific magnetic data:

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Nb 8m 0.336919 0.155331 0.500000 -0.00 . .
2 Nb 8m 0.663081 0.844669 0.500000 -0.00 . .
3 Nb 8m 0.155331 0.663081 0.500000 -0.00 . .
4 Nb 8m 0.844669 0.336919 0.500000 -0.00 . .
5 Nb 8m 0.336919 0.844669 0.000000 -0.00 . .
6 Nb 8m 0.844669 0.663081 0.000000 -0.00 . .
7 Nb 8m 0.155331 0.336919 0.000000 -0.00 . .
8 Nb 8m 0.663081 0.155331 0.000000 -0.00 . .
9 Si 2c 0.500000 0.500000 0.750000 0.00 . .
10 Si 2c 0.500000 0.500000 0.250000 0.00 . .
11 Ni 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.750000 0.00 . .
12 Ni 2a 0.000000 0.000000 0.250000 0.00 . .
w: site multiplicity (the number of equivalent positions) and Wyckoff letter (a label for site symmetry)
m: local magnetic moment
Esoc100 (001): Spin-orbit coupling energy for the magnetization oriented along the crystallographic a (c) axis
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Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Nb 8m 2 Nb 8m 2.82 .
1 Nb 8m 3 Nb 8m 3.28 .
1 Nb 8m 4 Nb 8m 3.28 .
1 Nb 8m 5 Nb 8m 3.16 .
1 Nb 8m 6 Nb 8m 5.02 .
1 Nb 8m 7 Nb 8m 2.96 .
1 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 3.22 .
1 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
1 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
1 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
1 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
2 Nb 8m 3 Nb 8m 3.28 .
2 Nb 8m 4 Nb 8m 3.28 .
2 Nb 8m 5 Nb 8m 3.22 .
2 Nb 8m 6 Nb 8m 2.96 .
2 Nb 8m 7 Nb 8m 5.02 .
2 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 3.16 .
2 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
2 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
2 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
2 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
3 Nb 8m 4 Nb 8m 2.82 .
3 Nb 8m 5 Nb 8m 2.96 .
3 Nb 8m 6 Nb 8m 3.16 .
3 Nb 8m 7 Nb 8m 3.22 .
3 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 5.02 .
3 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
3 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
3 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
3 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
4 Nb 8m 5 Nb 8m 5.02 .
4 Nb 8m 6 Nb 8m 3.22 .
4 Nb 8m 7 Nb 8m 3.16 .
4 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 2.96 .
4 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
4 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
4 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
4 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
5 Nb 8m 6 Nb 8m 3.28 .
5 Nb 8m 7 Nb 8m 3.28 .
5 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 2.82 .
5 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
5 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
5 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
5 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
6 Nb 8m 7 Nb 8m 2.82 .
6 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 3.28 .
6 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
6 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
6 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
6 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
7 Nb 8m 8 Nb 8m 3.28 .
7 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
7 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
7 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
7 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
8 Nb 8m 9 Si 2c 2.69 .
8 Nb 8m 10 Si 2c 2.69 .
8 Nb 8m 11 Ni 2a 2.63 .
8 Nb 8m 12 Ni 2a 2.63 .
9 Si 2c 10 Si 2c 2.49 .
9 Si 2c 11 Ni 2a 4.43 .
9 Si 2c 12 Ni 2a 5.08 .
10 Si 2c 11 Ni 2a 5.08 .
10 Si 2c 12 Ni 2a 4.43 .
11 Ni 2a 12 Ni 2a 2.49 .
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Terms and conditions

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Methods:

DFT calculations

  • exchange-correlation energy functional: GGA-PBE
  • pseudopotential type: PAW
  • cutoff energy: 65.0 Ry
  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) = (None, None, None) for magnetic anisotropy calculations
  • package: QE (v6.3)

LMTO-GF calculations

  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) =
  • energy mesh: 41 points on an elliptical contour
  • package: Questaal (v7)

References:

References

Materials Project: mp-22396
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