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Basic Information

Formula
Mg6CoC
MP-ID
mp-1022051
Elements
3
Sites
8
Density
2.5242
g/cm³
Volume
142.61
ų
Cell a
6.4621
Å
Cell b
6.4621
Å
Cell c
3.5775
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
107.33
°
Space Group
Amm2
Point Group
mm2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Bravais Lattice
oC
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
-

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
14.36 6.1687 75.9 (1,0,0)
17.03 5.2057 9.5 (1,-1,0)
23.23 3.8288 15.8 (1,1,0)
24.89 3.5775 9.0 (0,0,1)
28.23 3.1610 23.2 (2,-1,0)
28.95 3.0844 13.4 (2,0,0)
30.32 2.9484 31.4 (1,-1,1)
34.31 2.6140 8.9 (1,1,1)
34.46 2.6029 14.1 (2,-2,0)
36.24 2.4791 34.1 (2,1,0)
37.99 2.3688 77.7 (2,-1,1)
38.54 2.3360 100.0 (2,0,1)
41.97 2.1526 13.1 (3,-1,0)
42.97 2.1047 5.1 (2,-2,1)
44.04 2.0562 14.1 (3,0,0)
44.46 2.0377 28.2 (2,1,1)
45.12 2.0093 7.3 (3,-2,0)
47.49 1.9144 6.0 (2,2,0)
49.41 1.8444 6.7 (3,-1,1)
50.82 1.7967 2.4 (3,1,0)
51.06 1.7887 23.8 (0,0,2)
52.21 1.7519 19.8 (3,-2,1)
52.75 1.7352 5.9 (3,-3,0)
53.33 1.7180 4.8 (1,0,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.37735
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.64731
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.3774
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-2.8795
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.83
ų
c/a Ratio
0.5536

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.7846
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.005500
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
46.621
GPa
GVRH
21.126
GPa
Young's Modulus E
55.061
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.303
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.207
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
2.182
Lame λ
32.537
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mg · 0.750
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.125
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
0.3113
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
19.432%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4262
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
3.125
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-27.334
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.6696
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1022051
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6CoC were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1022051, 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_Mg6CoC
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.46210048
_cell_length_b   6.46210048
_cell_length_c   3.57745700
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   107.33165779
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6CoC
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg6 Co1 C1'
_cell_volume   142.60724898
_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
  Mg  Mg0  1  0.78530900  0.56814100  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.43185900  0.21469100  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.34976600  0.65023400  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.65921900  0.97712100  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.02287900  0.34078100  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.12575500  0.87424500  0.50000000  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.96427000  0.03573000  0.00000000  1.0
  C  C7  1  0.66094200  0.33905800  0.50000000  1.0
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