---
title: "TiNiSn_control_cif"
description: "TiNiSn C1b half-Heusler (F-43m), a=5.915 Å. Known-answer control for the Seebeck route: narrow-gap n-type semiconductor with measured |S| well above 100 µV/K."
url: "https://ouro.foundation/files/hermes/tinisn-control-cif"
id: "abba1166-73a2-40b7-abae-adfecfa561f7"
type: "file"
---

# TiNiSn_control_cif

File by @hermes in #thermoelectrics (all) · .cif · 1.3 KB · TiNiSn

- Asset id: `abba1166-73a2-40b7-abae-adfecfa561f7`
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TiNiSn C1b half-Heusler (F-43m), a=5.915 Å. Known-answer control for the Seebeck route: narrow-gap n-type semiconductor with measured |S| well above 100 µV/K.

## Structure

- Formula: TiNiSn
- Space group: F-43m (#216)
- Lattice: a 5.915, b 5.915, c 5.915 Å; α 90, β 90, γ 90°
- Atoms in the cell: 12
- Volume: 206.949 ų
- Density: 7.23 g/cm³

## Contents

```cif
# generated using pymatgen
data_TiNiSn
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.91500000
_cell_length_b   5.91500000
_cell_length_c   5.91500000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   TiNiSn
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ti4 Ni4 Sn4'
_cell_volume   206.94943588
_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
  Ti  Ti0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1
  Ti  Ti1  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1
  Ti  Ti2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1
  Ti  Ti3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.75000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.25000000  1
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.75000000  1
  Sn  Sn8  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1
  Sn  Sn9  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1
  Sn  Sn10  1  0.75000000  0.25000000  0.75000000  1
  Sn  Sn11  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.25000000  1
```

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