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Mg6NbCd

高熵材料 HEA 传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1016569 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg6NbCd
MP-ID
mp-1016569
Elements
3
Sites
16
Density
3.4323
g/cm³
Volume
339.77
ų
Cell a
4.9444
Å
Cell b
6.2967
Å
Cell c
10.9135
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Amm2
Point Group
mm2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Bravais Lattice
oC
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
-

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
16.24 5.4567 16.5 (0,0,2)
16.25 5.4540 84.2 (0,1,1)
24.29 3.6640 29.3 (1,0,2)
24.30 3.6632 18.2 (1,1,1)
28.35 3.1484 14.1 (0,2,0)
32.83 2.7284 10.7 (0,0,4)
32.84 2.7270 27.3 (0,2,2)
33.74 2.6566 35.1 (1,1,3)
36.34 2.4722 38.0 (2,0,0)
37.66 2.3888 53.8 (1,0,4)
37.67 2.3879 100.0 (1,2,2)
40.04 2.2519 3.4 (2,0,2)
40.04 2.2517 17.4 (2,1,1)
43.90 2.0623 5.2 (0,1,5)
43.91 2.0619 1.5 (0,2,4)
43.93 2.0611 6.0 (0,3,1)
46.72 1.9444 7.0 (2,2,0)
47.79 1.9034 5.4 (1,1,5)
47.80 1.9030 11.2 (1,2,4)
47.81 1.9024 3.7 (1,3,1)
49.77 1.8320 6.4 (2,0,4)
49.78 1.8316 16.2 (2,2,2)
50.15 1.8189 2.9 (0,0,6)
53.72 1.7063 9.2 (1,3,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.15155
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-2.45397
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1770
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-2.4540
eV/atom
Volume/atom
21.24
ų
c/a Ratio
2.2073

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0062
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000020
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Shared across all datasets
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mg · 0.750
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

High-Entropy Alloy Features

HEA
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.7356
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
6.1160
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.8807
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
3.268%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1468
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
3.625
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-7.710
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.6696
SS Former
1
Phase Tendency
SS

Traditional Material Features

TRA
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1016569
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6NbCd were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1016569, 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_Mg6NbCd
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.94435200
_cell_length_b   6.29669600
_cell_length_c   10.91346500
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6NbCd
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg12 Nb2 Cd2'
_cell_volume   339.76979487
_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  0.25149800  0.08187400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.00000000  0.74850200  0.08187400  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.33445900  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.50000000  0.74085500  0.41359900  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.50000000  0.25914500  0.41359900  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.16694000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.00000000  0.75149800  0.58187400  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.00000000  0.24850200  0.58187400  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.83445900  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.50000000  0.24085500  0.91359900  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.50000000  0.75914500  0.91359900  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.66694000  1.0
  Nb  Nb12  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.33374100  1.0
  Nb  Nb13  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.83374100  1.0
  Cd  Cd14  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.17391400  1.0
  Cd  Cd15  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.67391400  1.0
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