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Basic Information

Formula
MgFeRh2
MP-ID
mp-865187
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
8.5530
g/cm³
Volume
55.52
ų
Cell a
4.2820
Å
Cell b
4.2820
Å
Cell c
4.2820
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
Fm-3m
Point Group
m-3m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
Stability
Yes
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 17)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
25.48 3.4963 1.7 (1,1,1)
25.48 3.4963 5.1 (1,0,0)
29.50 3.0279 49.0 (1,1,0)
42.21 2.1410 100.0 (2,1,1)
42.21 2.1410 100.0 (1,0,-1)
52.33 1.7481 3.3 (2,2,2)
52.33 1.7481 10.0 (2,0,0)
61.22 1.5139 10.7 (2,2,0)
61.22 1.5139 21.3 (2,0,2)
69.41 1.3541 8.7 (3,2,1)
69.41 1.3541 8.7 (2,1,-1)
77.17 1.2361 5.3 (3,3,2)
77.17 1.2361 10.5 (3,2,3)
77.17 1.2361 10.5 (3,1,0)
77.17 1.2361 21.1 (3,0,1)
77.17 1.2361 5.3 (1,1,-2)
77.17 1.2361 10.5 (2,-1,-1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.29181
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.49909
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0000
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-17.1046
eV/atom
Volume/atom
13.88
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
4.3989
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.079230
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
154.144
GPa
GVRH
73.504
GPa
Young's Modulus E
190.269
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.294
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.097
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.408
Lame λ
105.141
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Rh · 0.500
Element Family
4d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.5576
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
9.268%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3998
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
7.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-27.934
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
AM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-865187
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgFeRh2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-865187, 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_MgFeRh2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.28203524
_cell_length_b   4.28203526
_cell_length_c   4.28203496
_cell_angle_alpha   59.99995024
_cell_angle_beta   59.99995062
_cell_angle_gamma   59.99994357
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgFeRh2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg1 Fe1 Rh2'
_cell_volume   55.51817431
_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  0.75000083  0.75000075  0.75000076  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.24999961  0.25000019  0.25000019  1.0
  Rh  Rh2  1  0.00000076  0.00000052  0.00000050  1.0
  Rh  Rh3  1  0.49999880  0.49999855  0.49999855  1.0
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