Mg6GaW

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-1017034 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

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Basic Information

Formula

Mg6GaW

MP-ID

mp-1017034

Elements

Sites

Density

4.2233

g/cm³

Volume

314.07

Å³

Cell a

4.8370

Cell b

6.1671

Cell c

10.5286

α Angle

90.00

β Angle

90.00

γ Angle

90.00

Space Group

Amm2

Point Group

mm2

Crystal System

Orthorhombic

Bravais Lattice

Stability

Packing Fraction

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å

Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
16.66	5.3214	100.0	(0,1,1)
16.84	5.2643	33.5	(0,0,2)
18.34	4.8370	12.2	(1,0,0)
24.88	3.5793	31.6	(1,1,1)
25.00	3.5618	28.1	(1,0,2)
28.96	3.0836	14.9	(0,2,0)
29.28	3.0502	9.5	(0,1,3)
33.69	2.6607	29.0	(0,2,2)
34.06	2.6322	8.1	(0,0,4)
34.49	2.6002	5.2	(1,2,0)
34.77	2.5801	34.9	(1,1,3)
37.18	2.4185	31.2	(2,0,0)
38.62	2.3313	79.0	(1,2,2)
38.96	2.3120	46.0	(1,0,4)
40.99	2.2018	21.6	(2,1,1)
41.07	2.1977	7.3	(2,0,2)
44.93	2.0176	7.2	(0,3,1)
45.30	2.0020	2.2	(0,2,4)
45.52	1.9928	3.9	(0,1,5)
47.80	1.9030	7.7	(2,2,0)
48.01	1.8951	5.1	(2,1,3)
48.91	1.8621	7.0	(1,3,1)
49.26	1.8498	15.1	(1,2,4)
49.47	1.8425	12.3	(1,1,5)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.24588

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-2.97525

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.2928

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-2.9753

eV/atom

Volume/atom

19.63

Å³

c/a Ratio

2.1767

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0082

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000030

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

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

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

1.2797

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

6.489%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.3627

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

2.625

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-5.697

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.6696

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.633

Family

Mg-based Alloy

Matrix Element

Mg · 0.750

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaacfwok

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1017034

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6GaW were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1017034, 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_Mg6GaW
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.83700500
_cell_length_b   6.16712200
_cell_length_c   10.52862600
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6GaW
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg12 Ga2 W2'
_cell_volume   314.07312450
_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  0.25344900  0.08242600  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.00000000  0.74655100  0.08242600  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.83393600  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.50000000  0.23609600  0.91124300  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.50000000  0.76390400  0.91124300  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.66628000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.00000000  0.75344900  0.58242600  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.00000000  0.24655100  0.58242600  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.33393600  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.50000000  0.73609600  0.41124300  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.50000000  0.26390400  0.41124300  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.16628000  1.0
  Ga  Ga12  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.18439100  1.0
  Ga  Ga13  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.68439100  1.0
  W  W14  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.32805400  1.0
  W  W15  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.82805400  1.0

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