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Basic Information

Formula
MgCuGe
MP-ID
mp-1018798
Elements
3
Sites
6
Density
5.1956
g/cm³
Volume
102.59
ų
Cell a
4.0053
Å
Cell b
4.0053
Å
Cell c
6.3948
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P4/nmm
Point Group
4/mmm
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tP
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
13.85 6.3948 17.5 (0,0,1)
27.90 3.1974 29.0 (0,0,2)
31.59 2.8322 98.1 (1,1,0)
34.64 2.5896 68.1 (1,1,1)
35.94 2.4988 3.9 (1,0,2)
42.41 2.1316 36.0 (0,0,3)
42.65 2.1201 100.0 (1,1,2)
45.28 2.0027 72.6 (2,0,0)
47.58 1.9111 3.4 (2,0,1)
48.37 1.8817 2.9 (1,0,3)
53.83 1.7031 30.9 (1,1,3)
54.03 1.6972 17.5 (2,0,2)
59.12 1.5627 2.0 (2,1,2)
63.77 1.4595 40.6 (2,0,3)
65.97 1.4161 22.3 (2,2,0)
67.78 1.3826 1.1 (2,2,1)
68.41 1.3713 1.8 (2,1,3)
73.08 1.2948 6.8 (2,2,2)
74.14 1.2790 2.8 (0,0,5)
74.99 1.2666 14.8 (3,1,0)
76.70 1.2425 12.2 (3,1,1)
78.51 1.2184 2.6 (1,0,5)
81.63 1.1795 19.4 (2,2,3)
81.79 1.1776 26.9 (3,1,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.05752
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-9.57184
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2583
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.3624
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.10
ų
c/a Ratio
1.5966

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
61.964
GPa
GVRH
-23.133
GPa
Young's Modulus E
-
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
-
Pugh Ratio K/G
-2.679
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Ductile
Anisotropy
-6.088
Lame λ
77.386
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mg · 0.333
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.667
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0986
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
9.1339
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.4365
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
11.506%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3074
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.667
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-24.361
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
1.0000
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (3)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1018798
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgCuGe were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1018798, 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_MgCuGe
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.00530200
_cell_length_b   4.00530200
_cell_length_c   6.39475300
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgCuGe
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg2 Cu2 Ge2'
_cell_volume   102.58746761
_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  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.29804200  1.0
  Cu  Cu3  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.70195800  1.0
  Ge  Ge4  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.67798200  1.0
  Ge  Ge5  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.32201800  1.0
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