---
title: "Zr2NbFe9: Orb-relaxed cell (P-3m1)"
description: "Zr2NbFe9, P-3m1, hexagonal AB3 stacking (ZrFe3 family) with Nb ordered on one Zr site in three. Built by substitution into a Materials Project prototype and relaxed with Orb v3 on Ouro. Energy above hull 1.6 meV/atom on the Orb v3 surface; no imaginary phonon modes; absent from MP, Alexandria, GNoME"
url: "https://ouro.foundation/files/mmoderwell/zr2nbfe9-orb-relaxed-cell-p-3m1"
id: "159a4023-a4a9-4a10-ba5e-181ee3d57024"
type: "file"
---

# Zr2NbFe9: Orb-relaxed cell (P-3m1)

File by @mmoderwell in #permanent-magnets (all) · .cif · 1.7 KB · Zr2NbFe9

- Asset id: `159a4023-a4a9-4a10-ba5e-181ee3d57024`
- Page: https://ouro.foundation/files/mmoderwell/zr2nbfe9-orb-relaxed-cell-p-3m1

Zr2NbFe9, P-3m1, hexagonal AB3 stacking (ZrFe3 family) with Nb ordered on one Zr site in three. Built by substitution into a Materials Project prototype and relaxed with Orb v3 on Ouro. Energy above hull 1.6 meV/atom on the Orb v3 surface; no imaginary phonon modes; absent from MP, Alexandria, GNoME and COD. ML-only: not checked with DFT.

## Structure

- Formula: Zr2NbFe9
- Space group: P-3m1 (#164)
- Lattice: a 4.8783, b 4.8779, c 15.8473 Å; α 89.99, β 90.01, γ 120°
- Atoms in the cell: 24
- Volume: 326.592 Å³
- Density: 7.911 g/cm³

## Contents

```cif
# generated using pymatgen
data_Zr2NbFe9
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.878324
_cell_length_b   4.877931
_cell_length_c   15.847278
_cell_angle_alpha   89.992999
_cell_angle_beta   90.005535
_cell_angle_gamma   119.996713
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Zr2NbFe9
_chemical_formula_sum   'Zr4 Nb2 Fe18'
_cell_volume   326.592302
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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
  Zr  Zr0  1  0.333227  0.666687  0.538467  1
  Zr  Zr1  1  0.666547  0.333380  0.461504  1
  Zr  Zr2  1  0.333341  0.666639  0.752660  1
  Zr  Zr3  1  0.666827  0.333474  0.247238  1
  Nb  Nb4  1  0.333235  0.666592  0.962507  1
  Nb  Nb5  1  0.666672  0.333341  0.037444  1
  Fe  Fe6  1  0.167469  0.334934  0.373336  1
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.832480  0.665012  0.626682  1
  Fe  Fe8  1  0.665094  0.832579  0.373327  1
  Fe  Fe9  1  0.334900  0.167469  0.626698  1
  Fe  Fe10  1  0.167541  0.832587  0.373324  1
  Fe  Fe11  1  0.832578  0.167473  0.626670  1
  Fe  Fe12  1  0.169041  0.337999  0.119625  1
  Fe  Fe13  1  0.830983  0.661941  0.880407  1
  Fe  Fe14  1  0.662262  0.831215  0.119635  1
  Fe  Fe15  1  0.337898  0.168837  0.880375  1
  Fe  Fe16  1  0.169082  0.831152  0.119643  1
  Fe  Fe17  1  0.830966  0.168792  0.880363  1
  Fe  Fe18  1  0.000023  0.000049  0.245809  1
  Fe  Fe19  1  -0.000079  -0.000120  0.754278  1
  Fe  Fe20  1  0.333401  0.666687  0.246658  1
  Fe  Fe21  1  0.666579  0.333153  0.753338  1
  Fe  Fe22  1  -0.000049  0.000052  0.000004  1
  Fe  Fe23  1  -0.000018  0.000077  0.500007  1
```

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