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Ca20Ga9Hg2Pb

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-3296922 · Space group: P422 (#89)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca20Ga9Hg2Pb
MP-ID
mp-3296922
Elements
4
Sites
32
Density
3.5449
g/cm³
Volume
954.41
ų
Cell a
7.9584
Å
Cell b
7.9584
Å
Cell c
15.0690
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P422
Point Group
422
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tP
Stability
Yes
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
5.87 15.0690 5.2 (0,0,1)
11.12 7.9584 3.8 (1,0,0)
12.58 7.0372 5.9 (1,0,1)
15.75 5.6274 15.6 (1,1,0)
16.20 5.4714 3.7 (1,0,2)
16.82 5.2718 2.9 (1,1,1)
19.69 4.5087 100.0 (1,1,2)
20.91 4.2477 2.0 (1,0,3)
22.34 3.9792 15.9 (2,0,0)
23.12 3.8473 1.5 (2,0,1)
23.62 3.7673 15.5 (0,0,4)
23.74 3.7473 1.5 (1,1,3)
25.02 3.5591 1.6 (2,1,0)
25.31 3.5186 7.6 (2,0,2)
25.72 3.4638 3.8 (2,1,1)
26.17 3.4050 1.4 (1,0,4)
27.72 3.2181 2.3 (2,1,2)
28.51 3.1305 23.7 (1,1,4)
28.62 3.1191 1.2 (2,0,3)
30.79 2.9040 66.5 (2,1,3)
31.75 2.8185 1.1 (1,0,5)
31.80 2.8137 28.8 (2,2,0)
32.74 2.7357 75.8 (2,0,4)
34.01 2.6359 11.3 (2,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.47263
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-12.93425
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-12.9343
eV/atom
Volume/atom
29.83
ų
c/a Ratio
1.8935

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.2759
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000290
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Ca · 0.625
Element Family
Alkali-AlkEarth
Solute Fraction
0.375
Interstitial Fraction
0.000

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9321
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
7.7496
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.2314
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
15.945%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.4384
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
2.969
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-27.316
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.6724
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-3296922
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ca20Ga9Hg2Pb were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-3296922, 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_Ca20Ga9Hg2Pb
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.95836844
_cell_length_b   7.95836844
_cell_length_c   15.06902271
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ca20Ga9Hg2Pb
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ca20 Ga9 Hg2 Pb1'
_cell_volume   954.40601912
_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
  Ca  Ca0  1  0.68153274  0.17327542  0.10732364  1.0
  Ca  Ca1  1  0.17668024  0.67448424  0.60941552  1.0
  Ca  Ca2  1  0.31846726  0.82672458  0.10732364  1.0
  Ca  Ca3  1  0.82331976  0.32551576  0.60941552  1.0
  Ca  Ca4  1  0.82672458  0.68153274  0.10732364  1.0
  Ca  Ca5  1  0.32551576  0.17668024  0.60941552  1.0
  Ca  Ca6  1  0.17327542  0.31846726  0.10732364  1.0
  Ca  Ca7  1  0.67448424  0.82331976  0.60941552  1.0
  Ca  Ca8  1  0.82672458  0.31846726  0.89267636  1.0
  Ca  Ca9  1  0.32551576  0.82331976  0.39058448  1.0
  Ca  Ca10  1  0.17327542  0.68153274  0.89267636  1.0
  Ca  Ca11  1  0.67448424  0.17668024  0.39058448  1.0
  Ca  Ca12  1  0.68153274  0.82672458  0.89267636  1.0
  Ca  Ca13  1  0.17668024  0.32551576  0.39058448  1.0
  Ca  Ca14  1  0.31846726  0.17327542  0.89267636  1.0
  Ca  Ca15  1  0.82331976  0.67448424  0.39058448  1.0
  Ca  Ca16  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.75627969  1.0
  Ca  Ca17  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.24910419  1.0
  Ca  Ca18  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.75089581  1.0
  Ca  Ca19  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.24372031  1.0
  Ga  Ga20  1  0.60990281  0.11036401  0.75146766  1.0
  Ga  Ga21  1  0.11036401  0.60990281  0.24853234  1.0
  Ga  Ga22  1  0.88963599  0.39009719  0.24853234  1.0
  Ga  Ga23  1  0.39009719  0.88963599  0.75146766  1.0
  Ga  Ga24  1  0.88963599  0.60990281  0.75146766  1.0
  Ga  Ga25  1  0.39009719  0.11036401  0.24853234  1.0
  Ga  Ga26  1  0.11036401  0.39009719  0.75146766  1.0
  Ga  Ga27  1  0.60990281  0.88963599  0.24853234  1.0
  Ga  Ga28  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Hg  Hg29  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Hg  Hg30  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Pb  Pb31  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
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