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MP-ID: mp-1028378 · Space group: Amm2 (#38)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg14SiNi
MP-ID
mp-1028378
Elements
3
Sites
16
Density
2.1164
g/cm³
Volume
335.06
ų
Cell a
6.1873
Å
Cell b
6.2520
Å
Cell c
10.0369
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.35
°
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
8.81 10.0369 46.6 (0,0,1)
16.43 5.3954 7.7 (1,-1,0)
16.60 5.3396 9.5 (1,0,0)
17.67 5.0184 6.3 (0,0,2)
18.67 4.7523 10.7 (1,-1,1)
18.82 4.7140 13.6 (1,0,1)
24.22 3.6746 4.8 (1,-1,2)
24.34 3.6568 4.0 (1,0,2)
28.55 3.1260 1.3 (1,-2,0)
28.86 3.0934 1.8 (2,-1,0)
30.23 2.9562 1.5 (2,-1,1)
30.23 2.9562 1.5 (1,1,1)
31.46 2.8433 2.4 (1,-1,3)
31.56 2.8351 6.4 (1,0,3)
33.21 2.6977 43.7 (2,-2,0)
33.57 2.6698 28.3 (2,0,0)
33.78 2.6534 1.0 (1,-2,2)
34.05 2.6333 2.3 (2,-1,2)
34.77 2.5801 1.2 (2,0,1)
35.79 2.5092 67.8 (0,0,4)
37.86 2.3761 100.0 (2,-2,2)
37.86 2.3761 100.0 (0,2,2)
38.18 2.3570 83.2 (2,0,2)
39.45 2.2841 5.9 (1,-2,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.04905
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-2.07795
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1217
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-2.0780
eV/atom
Volume/atom
20.94
ų
c/a Ratio
1.6222

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
0.4196
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
8.462%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1968
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
2.625
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-9.375
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-1028378
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg14SiNi were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1028378, 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_Mg14SiNi
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.18731258
_cell_length_b   6.25201874
_cell_length_c   10.03686374
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.34655611
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg14SiNi
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg14 Si1 Ni1'
_cell_volume   335.06090603
_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  0.17187739  0.33593820  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.17112536  0.83556218  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.71433628  0.35549980  0.12500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.66178540  0.33003251  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.71433628  0.85883549  0.12500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.66178540  0.83175189  0.62500000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.31825797  0.16292336  0.34160834  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.31825797  0.16292336  0.90839166  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.31825797  0.65533561  0.34160834  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.31825797  0.65533561  0.90839166  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.83521517  0.16760809  0.37125685  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.83521517  0.16760809  0.87874315  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.82988764  0.66494432  0.37620914  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.82988764  0.66494432  0.87379086  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.15493805  0.82746852  0.12500000  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  0.14657834  0.32328867  0.12500000  1.0
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