BaLiMg6

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-1021357 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

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Basic Information

Formula

BaLiMg6

MP-ID

mp-1021357

Elements

Sites

Density

2.1612

g/cm³

Volume

445.79

Å³

Cell a

5.1743

Cell b

6.5682

Cell c

13.1171

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
13.50	6.5585	47.8	(0,0,2)
15.09	5.8731	63.9	(0,1,1)
17.14	5.1743	49.0	(1,0,0)
21.88	4.0623	38.4	(1,0,2)
22.91	3.8824	100.0	(1,1,1)
24.46	3.6397	44.7	(0,1,3)
27.15	3.2841	7.4	(0,2,0)
27.19	3.2793	11.3	(0,0,4)
30.02	2.9770	53.5	(1,1,3)
30.44	2.9365	73.3	(0,2,2)
32.29	2.7728	21.1	(1,2,0)
32.32	2.7699	88.8	(1,0,4)
34.67	2.5871	45.9	(2,0,0)
35.14	2.5539	96.8	(1,2,2)
36.89	2.4363	26.6	(0,1,5)
37.37	2.4067	8.3	(2,0,2)
38.01	2.3676	13.5	(2,1,1)
38.81	2.3205	9.0	(0,2,4)
40.94	2.2042	18.0	(1,1,5)
41.30	2.1862	2.9	(0,0,6)
41.83	2.1595	5.3	(0,3,1)
42.70	2.1173	4.4	(1,2,4)
42.89	2.1087	19.8	(2,1,3)
44.59	2.0323	3.9	(2,2,0)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.09686

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-1.60448

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.1521

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-1.6045

eV/atom

Volume/atom

27.86

Å³

c/a Ratio

2.5351

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0013

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000000

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

7.1268

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

11.304%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.1639

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

1.875

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

0.750

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.6696

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.687

Family

Mg-based Alloy

Matrix Element

Mg · 0.750

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaacgdgd

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1021357

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of BaLiMg6 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1021357, 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_BaLiMg6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.17425400
_cell_length_b   6.56820600
_cell_length_c   13.11709000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   BaLiMg6
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ba2 Li2 Mg12'
_cell_volume   445.79173013
_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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.20057100  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.70057100  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.36877200  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.86877200  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.00000000  0.74949100  0.06057700  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.00000000  0.25050900  0.06057700  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.30614400  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.50000000  0.23841900  0.43423100  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.50000000  0.76158100  0.43423100  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.13489800  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.00000000  0.24949100  0.56057700  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.00000000  0.75050900  0.56057700  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.80614400  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.50000000  0.73841900  0.93423100  1.0
  Mg  Mg14  1  0.50000000  0.26158100  0.93423100  1.0
  Mg  Mg15  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.63489800  1.0

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