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MP-ID: mp-1026902 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg14CuB
MP-ID
mp-1026902
Elements
3
Sites
16
Density
2.0466
g/cm³
Volume
336.41
ų
Cell a
6.2193
Å
Cell b
6.2733
Å
Cell c
9.9856
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.29
°
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
8.86 9.9856 23.6 (0,0,1)
16.36 5.4170 8.4 (1,-1,0)
16.51 5.3704 5.5 (1,0,0)
17.76 4.9928 3.5 (0,0,2)
18.64 4.7615 14.2 (1,-1,1)
18.76 4.7298 7.7 (1,0,1)
24.24 3.6713 9.9 (1,-1,2)
24.34 3.6567 2.0 (1,0,2)
26.78 3.3285 2.0 (0,0,3)
28.71 3.1095 3.1 (2,-1,0)
30.10 2.9689 5.7 (2,-1,1)
31.55 2.8359 5.7 (1,-1,3)
31.62 2.8292 8.5 (1,0,3)
33.07 2.7085 18.6 (2,-2,0)
33.37 2.6852 17.3 (2,0,0)
33.96 2.6395 4.1 (2,-1,2)
34.59 2.5931 1.7 (2,0,1)
35.98 2.4964 26.3 (0,0,4)
37.79 2.3808 100.0 (2,-2,2)
38.05 2.3649 32.9 (2,0,2)
39.48 2.2828 4.5 (1,-2,3)
39.67 2.2722 2.4 (2,-1,3)
39.76 2.2672 2.4 (1,-1,4)
39.82 2.2638 4.0 (1,0,4)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.15571
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-4.62950
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1886
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-1.9198
eV/atom
Volume/atom
21.03
ų
c/a Ratio
1.6056

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mg · 0.875
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.125
Interstitial Fraction
0.063
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.4634
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
3.8528
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.4651
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
11.818%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.2197
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
2.625
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-8.609
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.4218
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1026902
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg14CuB were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1026902, 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_Mg14CuB
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.21930327
_cell_length_b   6.27327072
_cell_length_c   9.98555831
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.28746915
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg14CuB
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg14 Cu1 B1'
_cell_volume   336.41349722
_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  0.17544065  0.33771983  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.17351108  0.83675504  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.75511678  0.38312946  0.12500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.66125620  0.33241060  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.75511678  0.87198632  0.12500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.66125620  0.82884460  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.31031094  0.14458302  0.31782654  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.31031094  0.14458302  0.93217346  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.31031094  0.66572893  0.31782654  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.31031094  0.66572893  0.93217346  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.82908615  0.16454358  0.37719700  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.82908615  0.16454358  0.87280300  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.82632569  0.66316334  0.37360351  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.82632569  0.66316334  0.87639649  1.0
  Cu  Cu14  1  0.14620489  0.32310194  0.12500000  1.0
  B  B15  1  0.12002997  0.81001449  0.12500000  1.0
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