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Y3Al3NiGe2

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-10209 · Space group: P-62m (#189)

Basic Information

Formula
Y3Al3NiGe2
MP-ID
mp-10209
Elements
4
Sites
9
Density
5.2868
g/cm³
Volume
173.27
ų
Cell a
6.9325
Å
Cell b
6.9325
Å
Cell c
4.1629
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P-62m
Point Group
-6m2
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
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
14.76 6.0038 4.1 (1,0,-1,0)
21.34 4.1629 6.7 (0,0,0,1)
25.70 3.4663 20.4 (2,-1,-1,0)
25.70 3.4663 10.2 (1,-2,1,0)
26.05 3.4210 4.8 (1,0,-1,1)
29.76 3.0019 7.5 (2,0,-2,0)
29.76 3.0019 3.7 (2,-2,0,0)
33.65 2.6638 100.0 (2,-1,-1,1)
36.92 2.4349 29.6 (2,0,-2,1)
36.92 2.4349 59.3 (2,-2,0,1)
39.72 2.2692 8.6 (3,-1,-2,0)
39.72 2.2692 8.6 (3,-2,-1,0)
39.72 2.2692 8.6 (2,-3,1,0)
43.48 2.0815 29.3 (0,0,0,2)
45.31 2.0013 10.1 (3,0,-3,0)
45.31 2.0013 20.2 (3,-3,0,0)
45.53 1.9924 8.7 (3,-1,-2,1)
45.53 1.9924 8.7 (3,-2,-1,1)
45.53 1.9924 8.7 (2,-3,1,1)
51.19 1.7845 3.0 (1,1,-2,2)
51.19 1.7845 6.0 (2,-1,-1,2)
52.82 1.7331 5.3 (4,-2,-2,0)
52.82 1.7331 2.7 (2,-4,2,0)
53.58 1.7105 1.3 (2,0,-2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.73456
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.82235
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-14.2365
eV/atom
Volume/atom
19.25
ų
c/a Ratio
0.6005

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0092
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000050
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Y · 0.333
Element Family
4d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.667
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.3108
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
10.8979
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.3876
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
15.424%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3102
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
4.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-38.575
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9455
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-10209
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Y3Al3NiGe2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-10209, 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_Y3Al3NiGe2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.93253817
_cell_length_b   6.93253617
_cell_length_c   4.16290818
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   119.99998673
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Y3Al3NiGe2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Y3 Al3 Ni1 Ge2'
_cell_volume   173.26543578
_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
  Y  Y0  1  1.00000000  0.59651946  -0.00000000  1.0
  Y  Y1  1  0.40348017  0.40348019  0.00000000  1.0
  Y  Y2  1  0.59651983  0.00000002  0.00000000  1.0
  Al  Al3  1  0.22642631  0.00000041  0.50000000  1.0
  Al  Al4  1  0.77357369  0.77357411  0.50000000  1.0
  Al  Al5  1  -0.00000000  0.22642629  0.50000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni6  1  -0.00000000  0.00000105  0.00000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge7  1  0.66666414  0.33333081  0.50000000  1.0
  Ge  Ge8  1  0.33333586  0.66666766  0.50000000  1.0
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