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Mg6CuCO8

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-1032338 · Space group: P4/mmm (#123)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg6CuCO8
MP-ID
mp-1032338
Elements
4
Sites
16
Density
3.8522
g/cm³
Volume
150.60
ų
Cell a
8.4999
Å
Cell b
4.2093
Å
Cell c
4.2093
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P4/mmm
Point Group
4/mmm
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tP
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
10.41 8.4999 12.4 (1,0,0)
20.90 4.2500 2.3 (2,0,0)
21.11 4.2093 16.5 (0,1,0)
23.59 3.7721 25.3 (1,1,0)
29.88 2.9907 14.5 (2,1,0)
30.02 2.9764 1.8 (0,1,1)
31.86 2.8092 2.3 (1,1,1)
36.87 2.4380 25.4 (2,1,1)
38.29 2.3505 7.8 (3,1,0)
42.54 2.1250 51.4 (4,0,0)
42.97 2.1047 100.0 (0,2,0)
44.13 2.0522 2.1 (3,1,1)
44.34 2.0430 1.4 (1,2,0)
47.96 1.8970 4.0 (4,1,0)
48.35 1.8825 3.9 (0,2,1)
49.60 1.8379 7.2 (1,2,1)
53.22 1.7212 5.8 (2,2,1)
58.56 1.5763 2.1 (5,1,0)
58.90 1.5679 4.3 (3,2,1)
62.07 1.4954 56.2 (4,2,0)
62.40 1.4882 27.8 (0,2,2)
66.34 1.4091 2.9 (4,2,1)
67.68 1.3844 1.3 (1,3,0)
70.08 1.3427 1.2 (6,1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-2.11494
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.03349
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.5471
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.6900
eV/atom
Volume/atom
9.41
ų
c/a Ratio
0.4952

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.6836
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.004540
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
O · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.063
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0610
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.8208
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
1.4263
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
45.871%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.9977
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
3.688
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-4.313
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.7653
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1032338
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6CuCO8 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1032338, 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_Mg6CuCO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.49990441
_cell_length_b   4.20932688
_cell_length_c   4.20932688
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6CuCO8
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg6 Cu1 C1 O8'
_cell_volume   150.60498495
_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  0.50000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.24430159  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.75569841  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.24430159  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.75569841  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu6  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  C  C7  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.25016988  -0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.74983012  0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.24925128  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.75074872  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O12  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.50000000  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O14  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
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