Mg14SiNiO16

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-1034749 · Space group: P4/mmm (#123)

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Basic Information

Formula

Mg14SiNiO16

MP-ID

mp-1034749

Elements

Sites

Density

3.6298

g/cm³

Volume

312.47

Å³

Cell a

8.5679

Cell b

8.5679

Cell c

4.2566

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 23)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
10.32	8.5679	7.9	(1,0,0)
14.62	6.0584	4.7	(1,1,0)
20.73	4.2840	2.6	(2,0,0)
20.87	4.2566	1.2	(0,0,1)
23.21	3.8317	2.0	(2,1,0)
23.34	3.8121	2.2	(1,0,1)
25.58	3.4829	2.6	(1,1,1)
29.49	3.0292	1.0	(2,2,0)
29.58	3.0195	2.0	(2,0,1)
31.41	2.8478	1.3	(2,1,1)
33.06	2.7094	1.7	(3,1,0)
36.40	2.4680	22.5	(2,2,1)
37.86	2.3763	1.4	(3,2,0)
37.94	2.3716	1.1	(3,0,1)
39.42	2.2857	1.9	(3,1,1)
42.19	2.1420	100.0	(4,0,0)
42.47	2.1283	49.4	(0,0,2)
43.62	2.0749	3.2	(3,2,1)
61.19	1.5146	28.1	(4,4,0)
61.41	1.5098	56.0	(4,0,2)
73.34	1.2909	9.2	(6,2,1)
73.74	1.2849	4.5	(2,2,3)
77.32	1.2340	25.3	(4,4,2)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-2.75182

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-6.28930

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.2298

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-5.8664

eV/atom

Volume/atom

9.76

Å³

c/a Ratio

0.4968

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Yes

Total Mag. Moment

1.3333

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.004270

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

0.031

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

0.9249

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

7.6892

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

1.7648

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

45.037%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

1.0372

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

3.313

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-2.344

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.6671

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

aaacgwsb aaacgwux

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1034749

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg14SiNiO16 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1034749, 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_Mg14SiNiO16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.56792096
_cell_length_b   8.56792096
_cell_length_c   4.25658600
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg14SiNiO16
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg14 Si1 Ni1 O16'
_cell_volume   312.47286915
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
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  Mg  Mg0  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  -0.00000000  0.24655604  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  -0.00000000  0.75344396  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.50000000  0.24595213  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.50000000  0.75404787  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.24655604  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.24595213  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.75344396  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.75404787  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.24481737  0.24481737  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.24481737  0.75518263  -0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.75518263  0.24481737  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.75518263  0.75518263  -0.00000000  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.26232522  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.25544685  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.73767478  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.74455315  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.25092393  0.25092393  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.25092393  0.74907607  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.74907607  0.25092393  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.74907607  0.74907607  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O24  1  -0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O25  1  -0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O28  1  -0.00000000  0.26232522  -0.00000000  1.0
  O  O29  1  -0.00000000  0.73767478  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.50000000  0.25544685  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.50000000  0.74455315  0.00000000  1.0

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