KNaMg6

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-1021346 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

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Basic Information

Formula

KNaMg6

MP-ID

mp-1021346

Elements

Sites

Density

1.5410

g/cm³

Volume

448.09

Å³

Cell a

5.4655

Cell b

6.4577

Cell c

12.6956

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
15.39	5.7559	2.8	(0,1,1)
16.22	5.4655	1.1	(1,0,0)
21.45	4.1418	6.0	(1,0,2)
22.43	3.9634	4.3	(1,1,1)
25.16	3.5395	1.3	(0,1,3)
28.11	3.1739	7.9	(0,0,4)
30.08	2.9710	1.4	(1,1,3)
31.08	2.8779	36.0	(0,2,2)
32.63	2.7447	79.2	(1,0,4)
32.77	2.7328	46.8	(2,0,0)
35.24	2.5465	100.0	(1,2,2)
39.83	2.2635	2.0	(0,2,4)
42.73	2.1159	1.7	(0,0,6)
43.26	2.0912	1.8	(1,2,4)
43.71	2.0709	4.4	(2,0,4)
45.79	1.9817	23.1	(2,2,2)
46.00	1.9732	1.3	(1,0,6)
51.65	1.7698	19.1	(0,2,6)
52.50	1.7432	1.6	(2,2,4)
54.50	1.6837	3.2	(1,2,6)
54.88	1.6730	1.5	(2,0,6)
57.05	1.6144	8.7	(0,4,0)
58.13	1.5869	4.0	(0,0,8)
58.41	1.5800	13.4	(3,0,4)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.19577

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-4.12902

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.1958

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-1.3265

eV/atom

Volume/atom

28.01

Å³

c/a Ratio

2.3228

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0038

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000010

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

3.9468

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

11.987%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.1904

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

1.750

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-1.210

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.6696

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.618

Family

Mg-based Alloy

Matrix Element

Mg · 0.750

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaacgdfb

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1021346

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of KNaMg6 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1021346, 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

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Raw CIF Data

# generated using pymatgen
data_KNaMg6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.46553700
_cell_length_b   6.45770600
_cell_length_c   12.69555000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   KNaMg6
_chemical_formula_sum   'K2 Na2 Mg12'
_cell_volume   448.08729269
_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
  K  K0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.67676200  1.0
  K  K1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.17676200  1.0
  Na  Na2  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.67244100  1.0
  Na  Na3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.17244100  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.50000000  0.74981200  0.92306200  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.50000000  0.25018800  0.92306200  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.00000000  0.24430000  0.56225100  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.00000000  0.75570000  0.56225100  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.84577900  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.83438700  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.50000000  0.24981200  0.42306200  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.50000000  0.75018800  0.42306200  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.00000000  0.74430000  0.06225100  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.00000000  0.25570000  0.06225100  1.0
  Mg  Mg14  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.34577900  1.0
  Mg  Mg15  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.33438700  1.0

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