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Basic Information

Formula
MgNiH3
MP-ID
mp-1017629
Elements
3
Sites
5
Density
3.9248
g/cm³
Volume
36.39
ų
Cell a
3.3140
Å
Cell b
3.3140
Å
Cell c
3.3140
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 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
26.90 3.3140 27.7 (1,0,0)
38.41 2.3433 100.0 (1,1,0)
47.52 1.9133 5.7 (1,1,1)
55.45 1.6570 17.6 (2,0,0)
62.69 1.4821 8.5 (2,1,0)
69.48 1.3529 31.6 (2,1,1)
82.29 1.1717 9.9 (2,2,0)
88.52 1.1047 3.9 (3,0,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.25185
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.77107
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0052
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.4896
eV/atom
Volume/atom
7.28
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
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
109.663
GPa
GVRH
26.812
GPa
Young's Modulus E
74.375
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.387
Pugh Ratio K/G
4.090
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.002
Lame λ
91.788
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
H · 0.600
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
B
Score
0.571
Family
H-rich Multi-Component
Matrix Element
H · 0.600

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1017629
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgNiH3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1017629, 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_MgNiH3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.31395467
_cell_length_b   3.31395467
_cell_length_c   3.31395467
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgNiH3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg1 Ni1 H3'
_cell_volume   36.39482964
_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  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  H  H2  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  H  H3  1  0.50000000  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  H  H4  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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