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MP-ID: mp-1010953 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
MgNi
MP-ID
mp-1010953
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
5.0648
g/cm³
Volume
54.42
ų
Cell a
3.0050
Å
Cell b
4.2590
Å
Cell c
4.2525
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Pm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.5236

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 17)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
29.69 3.0093 25.8 (0,1,1)
29.73 3.0050 12.9 (1,0,0)
42.45 2.1295 25.1 (0,2,0)
42.51 2.1263 100.0 (1,1,1)
42.52 2.1263 25.0 (0,0,2)
52.68 1.7374 4.8 (1,2,0)
52.74 1.7357 4.8 (1,0,2)
61.64 1.5046 15.4 (0,2,2)
61.74 1.5025 7.7 (2,0,0)
69.85 1.3466 1.9 (0,3,1)
69.92 1.3454 3.7 (1,2,2)
69.95 1.3450 1.9 (0,1,3)
69.99 1.3442 3.7 (2,1,1)
77.71 1.2289 14.8 (1,3,1)
77.80 1.2277 7.4 (2,2,0)
77.80 1.2276 14.8 (1,1,3)
77.85 1.2270 7.4 (2,0,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.13747
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.84277
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0443
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.8428
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.61
ų
c/a Ratio
1.4152

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.3900
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.007170
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
92.625
GPa
GVRH
22.136
GPa
Young's Modulus E
61.508
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.389
Pugh Ratio K/G
4.184
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.000
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
40.161
Lame λ
77.868
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mg · 0.500
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
40.1610
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3890
Debye Temperature
294.6
K
Sound Velocity
2,363.1
m/s
Homogeneity
0.3890

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (4)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1010953
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgNi were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1010953, 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_MgNi
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.00496091
_cell_length_b   4.25894949
_cell_length_c   4.25249549
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgNi
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg2 Ni2'
_cell_volume   54.42333835
_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
  Mg  Mg0  1  -0.00000000  0.25059238  0.25000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  -0.00000000  0.74940762  0.75000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.50000000  0.24909226  0.75000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.50000000  0.75090774  0.25000000  1.0
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