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MP-ID: mp-10117 · Space group: Fm-3m (#225)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg3(Ni10B3)2
MP-ID
mp-10117
Elements
3
Sites
29
Density
7.4057
g/cm³
Volume
294.10
ų
Cell a
7.4646
Å
Cell b
7.4646
Å
Cell c
7.4646
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
Yes
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 24)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
16.80 5.2782 1.2 (1,1,0)
23.84 3.7323 10.0 (2,1,1)
29.31 3.0474 4.9 (2,2,2)
33.97 2.6391 12.4 (2,2,0)
37.12 2.4218 1.9 (3,2,2)
38.12 2.3605 22.4 (3,2,1)
41.93 2.1548 14.3 (3,3,2)
44.60 2.0316 100.0 (3,3,3)
48.80 1.8661 13.6 (4,2,2)
51.19 1.7844 36.4 (4,3,2)
51.97 1.7594 15.3 (4,3,3)
57.22 1.6099 1.4 (4,4,3)
57.95 1.5915 6.1 (4,4,2)
60.79 1.5237 1.1 (4,4,4)
63.55 1.4639 3.1 (5,3,2)
66.25 1.4107 1.0 (5,4,3)
71.50 1.3196 2.6 (4,4,0)
74.06 1.2802 6.4 (4,-1,-1)
76.58 1.2441 18.3 (6,3,3)
78.46 1.2190 11.0 (6,4,3)
81.56 1.1803 8.2 (6,4,2)
83.41 1.1587 9.1 (6,5,4)
84.03 1.1518 1.1 (6,5,3)
88.32 1.1066 2.7 (6,5,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.30729
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.84420
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.8442
eV/atom
Volume/atom
10.14
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0018
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
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 · 0.690
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.310
Interstitial Fraction
0.207
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.8169
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
6.7918
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.3282
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
15.771%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1987
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
7.724
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-36.692
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.7436
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10117
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg3(Ni10B3)2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10117, 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_Mg3(Ni10B3)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.46456284
_cell_length_b   7.46456284
_cell_length_c   7.46456284
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg3(Ni10B3)2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg3 Ni20 B6'
_cell_volume   294.10210769
_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
  Mg  Mg0  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.38541600  0.38541600  0.84375100  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.61458400  0.61458400  0.61458400  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.00000000  0.34033700  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  0.34033700  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.00000000  0.34033700  0.65966300  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.84375100  0.38541600  0.38541600  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.34033700  0.00000000  0.65966300  1.0
  Ni  Ni10  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.34033700  1.0
  Ni  Ni11  1  0.65966300  0.34033700  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni12  1  0.00000000  0.65966300  0.34033700  1.0
  Ni  Ni13  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.65966300  1.0
  Ni  Ni14  1  0.34033700  0.65966300  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  0.65966300  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni16  1  0.00000000  0.65966300  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni17  1  0.38541600  0.84375100  0.38541600  1.0
  Ni  Ni18  1  0.61458400  0.61458400  0.15624900  1.0
  Ni  Ni19  1  0.61458400  0.15624900  0.61458400  1.0
  Ni  Ni20  1  0.15624900  0.61458400  0.61458400  1.0
  Ni  Ni21  1  0.38541600  0.38541600  0.38541600  1.0
  Ni  Ni22  1  0.65966300  0.00000000  0.34033700  1.0
  B  B23  1  0.72903600  0.27096400  0.72903600  1.0
  B  B24  1  0.27096400  0.72903600  0.27096400  1.0
  B  B25  1  0.27096400  0.72903600  0.72903600  1.0
  B  B26  1  0.27096400  0.27096400  0.72903600  1.0
  B  B27  1  0.72903600  0.72903600  0.27096400  1.0
  B  B28  1  0.72903600  0.27096400  0.27096400  1.0
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