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Mg2Si3Ni2

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Alex-ID: agm003309529 · Space group: C2/m (#12)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg2Si3Ni2
Alex-ID
agm003309529
Elements
3
Sites
7
Space group
C2/m (#12)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
99.76
ų
Cell a
3.8234
Å
Cell b
4.9993
Å
Cell c
6.3255
Å
α angle
114.58
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
112.48
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg2Si3Ni2
Mg
2.00 · 28.6%
Si
3.00 · 42.9%
Ni
2.00 · 28.6%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0190
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3571
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-33.5255
eV
Raw total energy
-33.5255
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0185
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.7896
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A2B2C3_21_spg12

Decomposition

MgSiNi Si

Computed at

2022-02-03 17:49:17.993607

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm003309529).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm003309529
data_agm003309529
_cell_length_a     3.82343
_cell_length_b     4.99935
_cell_length_c     6.32546
_cell_angle_alpha  114.58289
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  112.48198
_cell_volume       99.75616
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Mg1 Mg 0.84430 0.68860 0.20556 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.15570 0.31140 0.79444 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.62142 0.24283 0.45046 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.37858 0.75717 0.54954 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.87244 0.74487 0.78207 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.12756 0.25513 0.21793 1.00000
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