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MP-ID: mp-1006056 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
PaNi2Ge
MP-ID
mp-1006056
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
11.1452
g/cm³
Volume
62.73
ų
Cell a
4.4601
Å
Cell b
4.4601
Å
Cell c
4.4601
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.7405

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 11)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
24.44 3.6416 29.2 (1,1,1)
28.30 3.1537 19.7 (1,1,0)
40.45 2.2300 100.0 (2,1,1)
47.83 1.9018 15.6 (2,2,1)
50.10 1.8208 6.0 (2,2,2)
58.54 1.5769 16.7 (2,2,0)
64.38 1.4470 6.7 (3,2,2)
66.27 1.4104 8.3 (3,2,1)
73.56 1.2875 33.6 (3,3,2)
78.85 1.2139 5.2 (3,3,3)
87.48 1.1150 10.9 (4,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.36747
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-29.04033
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1290
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-29.0403
eV/atom
Volume/atom
15.68
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.0006
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ni · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
20.3989
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
17.438%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1963
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
8.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
0.690
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1006056
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of PaNi2Ge were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1006056, database version v2026.04.13).

Literature Citation

Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_PaNi2Ge
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.46006052
_cell_length_b   4.46006052
_cell_length_c   4.46006052
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   PaNi2Ge
_chemical_formula_sum   'Pa1 Ni2 Ge1'
_cell_volume   62.73461808
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Pa  Pa0  1  0.00000000  -0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni1  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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