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Mg3Ga

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1094652 · Space group: P6_3/mmc (#194)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg3Ga
MP-ID
mp-1094652
Elements
2
Sites
8
Density
2.9829
g/cm³
Volume
158.81
ų
Cell a
6.1074
Å
Cell b
6.1074
Å
Cell c
4.9163
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P6_3/mmc
Point Group
6/mmm
Crystal System
Hexagonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.7405

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
16.76 5.2891 15.1 (1,0,-1,0)
24.72 3.6010 30.6 (1,0,-1,1)
29.25 3.0537 14.2 (2,-1,-1,0)
33.90 2.6446 24.1 (2,0,-2,0)
36.55 2.4582 26.1 (0,0,0,2)
38.66 2.3290 100.0 (2,0,-2,1)
40.47 2.2292 1.1 (1,-1,0,2)
40.47 2.2292 2.3 (1,0,-1,2)
45.37 1.9991 1.0 (3,-1,-2,0)
47.48 1.9148 7.4 (2,-1,-1,2)
49.20 1.8519 11.0 (3,-1,-2,1)
50.70 1.8005 5.0 (2,-2,0,2)
50.70 1.8005 9.9 (2,0,-2,2)
51.86 1.7630 2.8 (3,0,-3,0)
59.01 1.5654 2.7 (1,0,-1,3)
59.61 1.5510 1.4 (3,-1,-2,2)
60.65 1.5268 16.9 (4,-2,-2,0)
65.11 1.4327 2.8 (3,0,-3,2)
66.52 1.4057 2.5 (4,-1,-3,1)
66.52 1.4057 1.3 (3,1,-4,1)
67.20 1.3930 18.3 (2,0,-2,3)
71.33 1.3223 2.5 (4,0,-4,0)
72.94 1.2970 12.6 (4,-2,-2,2)
72.94 1.2970 6.3 (2,2,-4,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.05912
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-2.03899
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0347
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.0716
eV/atom
Volume/atom
19.85
ų
c/a Ratio
0.8050

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
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 · 0.750
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.250
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.863
Family
Mg-based Alloy
Matrix Element
Mg · 0.750

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1094652
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg3Ga were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1094652, 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_Mg3Ga
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.10735260
_cell_length_b   6.10735260
_cell_length_c   4.91633686
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.00000285
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg3Ga
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg6 Ga2'
_cell_volume   158.81014431
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  0.66062792  0.83031446  0.75000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.16968554  0.33937208  0.75000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.16968554  0.83031446  0.75000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.83031446  0.66062792  0.25000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.83031446  0.16968554  0.25000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.33937208  0.16968554  0.25000000  1.0
  Ga  Ga6  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.75000000  1.0
  Ga  Ga7  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.25000000  1.0
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