Mg6NiSn

高熵材料 HEA 传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1021896 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

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Basic Information

Formula

Mg6NiSn

MP-ID

mp-1021896

Elements

Sites

Density

3.2921

g/cm³

Volume

326.08

Å³

Cell a

4.8728

Cell b

6.2688

Cell c

10.6747

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
16.40	5.4056	10.0	(0,1,1)
16.61	5.3374	40.2	(0,0,2)
18.21	4.8728	30.9	(1,0,0)
24.60	3.6193	12.6	(1,1,1)
24.74	3.5986	28.8	(1,0,2)
28.48	3.1344	10.9	(0,2,0)
28.85	3.0945	3.4	(0,1,3)
33.15	2.7028	34.3	(0,2,2)
33.58	2.6687	16.6	(0,0,4)
34.01	2.6361	13.4	(1,2,0)
34.33	2.6123	4.7	(1,1,3)
36.89	2.4364	34.8	(2,0,0)
38.07	2.3636	100.0	(1,2,2)
38.46	2.3406	48.7	(1,0,4)
40.62	2.2212	2.4	(2,1,1)
40.71	2.2164	8.8	(2,0,2)
44.16	2.0507	1.8	(0,3,1)
44.59	2.0320	5.8	(0,2,4)
44.85	2.0210	1.7	(0,1,5)
47.25	1.9236	5.6	(2,2,0)
47.50	1.9143	2.0	(2,1,3)
48.14	1.8901	1.3	(1,3,1)
48.54	1.8754	11.2	(1,2,4)
48.78	1.8668	1.2	(1,1,5)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.00884

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-2.43772

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.1289

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-2.4377

eV/atom

Volume/atom

20.38

Å³

c/a Ratio

2.1907

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.0007

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000000

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

Mg · 0.750

Element Family

Alkali-AlkEarth

Solute Fraction

0.250

Interstitial Fraction

0.000

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

0.4062

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

7.678%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.2709

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

3.250

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-14.625

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.6696

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaacgeai

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1021896

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6NiSn were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1021896, 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_Mg6NiSn
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.87279800
_cell_length_b   6.26882900
_cell_length_c   10.67469500
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6NiSn
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg12 Ni2 Sn2'
_cell_volume   326.07710513
_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  0.50000000  0.24827900  0.58432300  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.50000000  0.75172100  0.58432300  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00000000  0.26610300  0.41331400  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.00000000  0.73389700  0.41331400  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.67460300  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.16446000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.50000000  0.74827900  0.08432300  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.50000000  0.25172100  0.08432300  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.00000000  0.76610300  0.91331400  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.00000000  0.23389700  0.91331400  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.17460300  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.66446000  1.0
  Ni  Ni12  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.83317300  1.0
  Ni  Ni13  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.33317300  1.0
  Sn  Sn14  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.33249500  1.0
  Sn  Sn15  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.83249500  1.0

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