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Mg3Ga

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1094854 · Space group: P-6m2 (#187)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg3Ga
MP-ID
mp-1094854
Elements
2
Sites
4
Density
2.7814
g/cm³
Volume
85.16
ų
Cell a
3.1715
Å
Cell b
3.1715
Å
Cell c
9.7760
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P-6m2
Point Group
-6m2
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
9.05 9.7760 96.3 (0,0,0,1)
18.15 4.8880 19.8 (0,0,0,2)
27.37 3.2587 5.3 (0,0,0,3)
32.60 2.7466 31.1 (1,0,-1,0)
32.60 2.7466 15.5 (1,-1,0,0)
33.90 2.6442 16.4 (1,0,-1,1)
33.90 2.6442 8.2 (1,-1,0,1)
36.77 2.4440 33.9 (0,0,0,4)
37.56 2.3945 100.0 (1,0,-1,2)
37.56 2.3945 50.0 (1,-1,0,2)
43.07 2.1001 10.4 (1,0,-1,3)
43.07 2.1001 5.2 (1,-1,0,3)
46.44 1.9552 2.8 (0,0,0,5)
49.95 1.8258 27.2 (1,0,-1,4)
56.48 1.6293 1.1 (0,0,0,6)
57.89 1.5928 2.9 (1,0,-1,5)
57.89 1.5928 1.5 (1,-1,0,5)
58.18 1.5857 8.6 (1,1,-2,0)
58.18 1.5857 17.3 (2,-1,-1,0)
59.01 1.5653 1.9 (1,1,-2,1)
59.01 1.5653 3.7 (2,-1,-1,1)
61.47 1.5084 1.5 (1,1,-2,2)
61.47 1.5084 3.0 (2,-1,-1,2)
65.46 1.4259 1.8 (2,-1,-1,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.01298
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-1.99286
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0808
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-1.9929
eV/atom
Volume/atom
21.29
ų
c/a Ratio
3.0825

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0105
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000120
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
0.832
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-1094854
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg3Ga were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1094854, 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   3.17147892
_cell_length_b   3.17147892
_cell_length_c   9.77603000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   119.99997746
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg3Ga
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg3 Ga1'
_cell_volume   85.15632564
_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  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.74246600  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.25753400  1.0
  Ga  Ga3  1  0.66666700  0.33333300  0.50000000  1.0
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