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Basic Information

Formula
Mn2SiNi
MP-ID
mp-999558
Elements
3
Sites
4
Density
7.1966
g/cm³
Volume
45.38
ų
Cell a
4.0036
Å
Cell b
4.0036
Å
Cell c
4.0036
Å
α Angle
60.00
°
β Angle
60.00
°
γ Angle
60.00
°
Space Group
F-43m
Point Group
-43m
Crystal System
Cubic
Bravais Lattice
cF
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 8)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
27.28 3.2689 5.4 (1,1,1)
31.60 2.8310 4.5 (1,1,0)
45.30 2.0018 100.0 (2,1,1)
53.69 1.7071 2.3 (2,2,1)
56.29 1.6345 1.1 (2,2,2)
66.00 1.4155 14.8 (2,2,0)
75.02 1.2660 1.2 (3,2,1)
83.68 1.1557 29.4 (3,3,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.28305
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-7.66543
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0900
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-7.6654
eV/atom
Volume/atom
11.34
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
3.8769
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
3
Magnetization/Volume
0.085440
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

KVRH
198.379
GPa
GVRH
89.790
GPa
Young's Modulus E
234.057
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.303
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.209
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
1.211
Lame λ
138.519
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mn · 0.500
Element Family
3d-TM
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.250
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
0.4427
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
3.301%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1775
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
7.000
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-31.500
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-999558
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mn2SiNi were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-999558, 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_Mn2SiNi
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.00356364
_cell_length_b   4.00356364
_cell_length_c   4.00356364
_cell_angle_alpha   60.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   60.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   60.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mn2SiNi
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mn2 Si1 Ni1'
_cell_volume   45.37589580
_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
  Mn  Mn0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Mn  Mn1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1.0
  Si  Si2  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
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