Nb2TaTi

This material is a complex metallic alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, and titanium. It is primarily studied for its structural properties and potential use in high-performance engineering environments where durability and resilience are required.

NbTaTi
Crystal structure of Nb2TaTi (orthorhombic, Immm (No. 71))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for Nb2TaTi, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

0.10 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

4.424 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Above hull
2 DFT sources

Structures

4
3 databases, 2 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for Nb2TaTi, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
Immm (No. 71)orthorhombic0.104.4240-23.3250.83
Cmmm (No. 65)
9.47
9.47
Uses

Applications

Where Nb2TaTi is used.

High-temperature structural componentsAerospace engineering materialsAdvanced metallurgical research
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Nb2TaTi, answered from cross-validated data.

What is Nb2TaTi?

This material is a complex metallic alloy composed of niobium, tantalum, and titanium. It is primarily studied for its structural properties and potential use in high-performance engineering environments where durability and resilience are required.

More questions
What is Nb2TaTi used for?
Nb2TaTi is used in high-temperature structural components, aerospace engineering materials, and advanced metallurgical research.
What is the band gap of Nb2TaTi?
Nb2TaTi has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.10 eV across 4 reported structures.
Is Nb2TaTi a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a near-zero band gap it behaves as a (semi)metal.
Is Nb2TaTi thermodynamically stable?
Nb2TaTi has a lowest energy above hull of 4.424 eV/atom (above hull).
What is the crystal structure of Nb2TaTi?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Nb2TaTi is orthorhombic symmetry, space group Immm (No. 71).
What is the density of Nb2TaTi?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Nb2TaTi is 0.83 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of Nb2TaTi are known?
4 structures of Nb2TaTi are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does Nb2TaTi contain?
Nb2TaTi contains Nb, Ta, and Ti (3 elements).
Where does the data for Nb2TaTi come from?
Nb2TaTi data is cross-referenced from materials_project, nomad, omat24.
Data sources & attribution
  • materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • nomad — Data from NOMAD. Cite: Draxl & Scheffler, J. Phys. Mater. 2, 036001 (2019).
  • omat24 — Data from OMat24 (Meta FAIR). Cite: Barroso-Luque et al., arXiv 2410.12771 (2024).

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