Material:

CrN

ID:

MMD-3698

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Compounds with the same formula: CrN (4 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Cr-N (85 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

cubic

Space group number

225

Hermann-Mauguin

Fm-3m

Hall

-F 4 2 3

Point group

m-3m

Structure data:

Normalized formula

CrN

The number of formula units per unit cell

4

The total number of atoms per unit cell

8

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

2

Structure search

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

4.1571

b (Å)

4.1571

c (Å)

4.1571

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

90.000

Volume (Å3)

71.840

Density (g/cm3)

6.102

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-366.2 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

164.4 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: CrN

4 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Cr-N

85 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

9.92 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

1.24 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

1.61 T (= 1281.2 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 Cr 4a 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 2.14 . .
2 Cr 4a 0.000000 0.500000 0.500000 2.14 . .
3 Cr 4a 0.500000 0.000000 0.500000 2.14 . .
4 Cr 4a 0.500000 0.500000 0.000000 2.14 . .
5 N 4b 0.000000 0.500000 0.000000 -0.02 . .
6 N 4b 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 -0.02 . .
7 N 4b 0.500000 0.500000 0.500000 -0.02 . .
8 N 4b 0.500000 0.000000 0.000000 -0.02 . .
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
(Individual Esoc values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Cr 4a 2 Cr 4a 2.94 .
1 Cr 4a 3 Cr 4a 2.94 .
1 Cr 4a 4 Cr 4a 2.94 .
1 Cr 4a 5 N 4b 2.08 .
1 Cr 4a 6 N 4b 2.08 .
1 Cr 4a 7 N 4b 3.60 .
1 Cr 4a 8 N 4b 2.08 .
2 Cr 4a 3 Cr 4a 2.94 .
2 Cr 4a 4 Cr 4a 2.94 .
2 Cr 4a 5 N 4b 2.08 .
2 Cr 4a 6 N 4b 2.08 .
2 Cr 4a 7 N 4b 2.08 .
2 Cr 4a 8 N 4b 3.60 .
3 Cr 4a 4 Cr 4a 2.94 .
3 Cr 4a 5 N 4b 3.60 .
3 Cr 4a 6 N 4b 2.08 .
3 Cr 4a 7 N 4b 2.08 .
3 Cr 4a 8 N 4b 2.08 .
4 Cr 4a 5 N 4b 2.08 .
4 Cr 4a 6 N 4b 3.60 .
4 Cr 4a 7 N 4b 2.08 .
4 Cr 4a 8 N 4b 2.08 .
5 N 4b 6 N 4b 2.94 .
5 N 4b 7 N 4b 2.94 .
5 N 4b 8 N 4b 2.94 .
6 N 4b 7 N 4b 2.94 .
6 N 4b 8 N 4b 2.94 .
7 N 4b 8 N 4b 2.94 .
Jij: magnetic exchange parameter between site i and j (Individual Jij values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
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Terms and conditions

Pair-resolved magnetic exchange parameters:

Exchange coupling parameters

Individual exchange parameters:

Exchange coupling parameters

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-2132
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