Mg6FeSiO8

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-1032523 · Space group: P4/mmm (#123)

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Basic Information

Formula

Mg6FeSiO8

MP-ID

mp-1032523

Elements

Sites

Density

3.6397

g/cm³

Volume

163.22

Å³

Cell a

8.6539

Cell b

4.3429

Cell c

4.3429

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

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
10.22	8.6539	11.3	(1,0,0)
20.45	4.3429	4.2	(0,1,0)
20.53	4.3270	3.5	(2,0,0)
22.91	3.8815	7.6	(1,1,0)
29.08	3.0709	2.7	(0,1,1)
29.13	3.0652	3.5	(2,1,0)
30.90	2.8941	4.4	(1,1,1)
31.00	2.8846	2.5	(3,0,0)
35.86	2.5043	27.3	(2,1,1)
37.43	2.4029	1.1	(3,1,0)
41.59	2.1715	100.0	(0,2,0)
41.75	2.1635	48.8	(4,0,0)
42.94	2.1062	1.2	(1,2,0)
43.02	2.1025	1.8	(3,1,1)
46.81	1.9408	1.3	(2,2,0)
46.92	1.9365	1.0	(4,1,0)
48.01	1.8951	2.0	(1,2,1)
51.58	1.7719	1.3	(2,2,1)
52.77	1.7349	1.8	(3,2,0)
60.28	1.5355	28.5	(0,2,2)
60.40	1.5326	56.0	(4,2,0)
72.16	1.3090	10.4	(2,3,1)
72.39	1.3055	5.3	(6,1,1)
76.00	1.2522	25.6	(4,2,2)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-2.51204

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-6.46591

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.4129

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-5.9814

eV/atom

Volume/atom

10.20

Å³

c/a Ratio

0.5018

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Yes

Total Mag. Moment

4.0000

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.024510

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

O · 0.500

Element Family

Metalloid-Nonmetal

Solute Fraction

0.500

Interstitial Fraction

0.063

High-Entropy Alloy Features

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

2.5518

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

44.422%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

1.0101

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

3.500

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-2.047

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.7653

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

aaacgtkl aaacgtng

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1032523

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6FeSiO8 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1032523, 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

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Raw CIF Data

# generated using pymatgen
data_Mg6FeSiO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.65390776
_cell_length_b   4.34289955
_cell_length_c   4.34289955
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6FeSiO8
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg6 Fe1 Si1 O8'
_cell_volume   163.21942013
_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
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  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  0.25384122  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.74615878  -0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.25384122  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.74615878  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Fe  Fe6  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.25223100  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.74776900  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.26326879  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.73673121  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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