Mg6NbCo

高熵材料 HEA 传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1022037 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

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Basic Information

Formula

Mg6NbCo

MP-ID

mp-1022037

Elements

Sites

Density

3.1861

g/cm³

Volume

310.28

Å³

Cell a

4.7252

Cell b

5.9675

Cell c

11.0036

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
16.11	5.5018	44.4	(0,0,2)
16.90	5.2458	93.5	(0,1,1)
18.78	4.7252	3.6	(1,0,0)
24.84	3.5846	11.4	(1,0,2)
25.37	3.5109	9.0	(1,1,1)
28.57	3.1248	14.1	(0,1,3)
29.95	2.9838	11.5	(0,2,0)
32.55	2.7509	1.8	(0,0,4)
34.19	2.6229	60.8	(0,2,2)
34.41	2.6064	19.9	(1,1,3)
35.59	2.5229	1.4	(1,2,0)
37.84	2.3774	92.2	(1,0,4)
38.09	2.3626	50.6	(2,0,0)
39.29	2.2933	100.0	(1,2,2)
41.60	2.1709	7.8	(2,0,2)
41.94	2.1542	17.9	(2,1,1)
43.85	2.0648	1.1	(0,1,5)
44.81	2.0225	2.4	(0,2,4)
46.39	1.9575	5.3	(0,3,1)
48.09	1.8920	17.4	(1,1,5)
48.29	1.8846	6.4	(2,1,3)
48.99	1.8593	11.6	(1,2,4)
49.19	1.8523	5.5	(2,2,0)
50.47	1.8084	2.7	(1,3,1)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

0.20777

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-3.16942

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.2474

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-3.1694

eV/atom

Volume/atom

19.39

Å³

c/a Ratio

2.3287

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Yes

Total Mag. Moment

0.2761

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000890

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

0.5426

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

7.692%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.1989

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

3.250

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-14.169

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.6696

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaacgedz

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1022037

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6NbCo were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1022037, 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_Mg6NbCo
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.72520500
_cell_length_b   5.96753200
_cell_length_c   11.00362500
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6NbCo
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg12 Nb2 Co2'
_cell_volume   310.27814955
_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  0.73955300  0.08190200  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.00000000  0.26044700  0.08190200  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.32615200  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.50000000  0.25797300  0.42387600  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.50000000  0.74202700  0.42387600  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.16880500  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.00000000  0.23955300  0.58190200  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.00000000  0.76044700  0.58190200  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.82615200  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.50000000  0.75797300  0.92387600  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.50000000  0.24202700  0.92387600  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.66880500  1.0
  Nb  Nb12  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.19294300  1.0
  Nb  Nb13  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.69294300  1.0
  Co  Co14  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.30054400  1.0
  Co  Co15  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.80054400  1.0

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