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MP-ID: mp-879789 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
Ba8Fe8O21
MP-ID
mp-879789
Elements
3
Sites
37
Density
5.7424
g/cm³
Volume
544.04
ų
Cell a
5.7442
Å
Cell b
5.7831
Å
Cell c
19.0404
Å
α Angle
97.62
°
β Angle
90.67
°
γ Angle
119.40
°
Space Group
P-1
Point Group
-1
Crystal System
Triclinic
Bravais Lattice
aP
Stability
No
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
14.13 6.2659 1.4 (0,0,3)
17.83 4.9746 1.5 (0,1,0)
18.00 4.9280 20.8 (1,0,-1)
22.05 4.0306 14.7 (1,-1,3)
23.89 3.7240 100.0 (0,1,-4)
28.12 3.1738 6.7 (0,1,4)
30.82 2.9009 56.3 (1,-1,-5)
32.21 2.7792 48.4 (1,-2,-1)
32.70 2.7383 44.7 (2,-1,2)
36.11 2.4873 16.7 (0,2,0)
36.16 2.4840 36.3 (1,1,3)
36.47 2.4640 59.5 (2,0,-2)
36.50 2.4617 4.9 (1,1,-5)
38.15 2.3593 14.0 (2,-2,-2)
38.31 2.3497 13.4 (0,0,8)
39.51 2.2810 27.5 (1,0,7)
42.47 2.1284 2.7 (2,-1,-6)
43.01 2.1028 2.6 (1,-2,7)
44.98 2.0153 32.8 (2,-2,6)
45.58 1.9904 17.4 (1,0,-9)
47.80 1.9029 14.8 (1,2,-1)
48.40 1.8805 1.8 (2,-3,2)
48.54 1.8754 15.4 (1,-3,3)
48.66 1.8712 6.7 (2,0,6)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.99601
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-6.05058
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
1.2659
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.1729
eV/atom
Volume/atom
14.70
ų
c/a Ratio
3.3147

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
33.5289
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
16
Magnetization/Volume
0.061630
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
O · 0.568
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.432
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9837
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.1787
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.0000
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
57.591%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
1.0758
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
4.432
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
0.000
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8954
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-879789
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ba8Fe8O21 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-879789, 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_Ba8Fe8O21
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.74417800
_cell_length_b   5.78308913
_cell_length_c   19.04038149
_cell_angle_alpha   97.62177524
_cell_angle_beta   90.66556253
_cell_angle_gamma   119.39564278
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ba8Fe8O21
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ba8 Fe8 O21'
_cell_volume   544.04174090
_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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.62040800  0.99720400  0.12698600  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ba  Ba2  1  0.37959200  0.00279600  0.87301400  1.0
  Ba  Ba3  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Ba  Ba4  1  0.87578600  0.99647100  0.37179100  1.0
  Ba  Ba5  1  0.75381800  0.50203200  0.24635600  1.0
  Ba  Ba6  1  0.24618200  0.49796800  0.75364400  1.0
  Ba  Ba7  1  0.12421400  0.00352900  0.62820900  1.0
  Fe  Fe8  1  0.99614800  0.28449700  0.93082700  1.0
  Fe  Fe9  1  0.29772200  0.70735500  0.30437000  1.0
  Fe  Fe10  1  0.00385200  0.71550300  0.06917300  1.0
  Fe  Fe11  1  0.17146900  0.23612300  0.18627000  1.0
  Fe  Fe12  1  0.70227800  0.29264500  0.69563000  1.0
  Fe  Fe13  1  0.44224600  0.27120800  0.44361200  1.0
  Fe  Fe14  1  0.55775400  0.72879200  0.55638800  1.0
  Fe  Fe15  1  0.82853100  0.76387700  0.81373000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.40162100  0.52111800  0.87307600  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.85948200  0.47491000  0.88262000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.12235700  0.99312100  0.12342300  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.87764300  0.00687900  0.87657700  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.24812300  0.98848100  0.25855100  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.14051800  0.52509000  0.11738000  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.73955800  0.99347400  0.25077900  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.59837900  0.47888200  0.12692400  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.23558300  0.47869900  0.24730000  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.13896300  0.52023800  0.62438400  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.86103700  0.47976200  0.37561600  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.36980400  0.49509500  0.37447800  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.63019600  0.50490500  0.62552200  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.76441700  0.52130100  0.75270000  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.26044200  0.00652600  0.74922100  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.75187700  0.01151900  0.74144900  1.0
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