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Mg5Si9

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005269663 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg5Si9
Alex-ID
agm005269663
Elements
2
Sites
28
Space group
P1 (#1)
Crystal system
triclinic
Volume
516.75
ų
Cell a
5.7963
Å
Cell b
7.2789
Å
Cell c
13.3652
Å
α angle
99.95
°
β angle
85.87
°
γ angle
111.50
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg5Si9
Mg
10.00 · 35.7%
Si
18.00 · 64.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2276
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.1435
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-109.5425
eV
Raw total energy
-109.5425
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0394
eV
DOS at Fermi level
6.6976
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A5B9_237_spg1

Decomposition

Mg2Si Si

Computed at

2023-05-11 17:36:31.671990

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: agm005269663).

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 agm005269663
data_agm005269663
_cell_length_a     5.79632
_cell_length_b     7.27891
_cell_length_c     13.36520
_cell_angle_alpha  99.95055
_cell_angle_beta   85.86857
_cell_angle_gamma  111.49723
_cell_volume       516.74656
_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 0.24167 0.75090 0.33555 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.03648 0.27109 0.56870 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.49839 0.55209 0.44985 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.55000 0.30648 0.61309 1.00000
  Mg5 Mg 0.81997 0.91885 0.35513 1.00000
  Mg6 Mg 0.07398 0.85065 0.56115 1.00000
  Mg7 Mg 0.96043 0.66741 0.94753 1.00000
  Mg8 Mg 0.02241 0.39754 0.09882 1.00000
  Mg9 Mg 0.41042 0.95210 0.82746 1.00000
  Mg10 Mg 0.32599 0.12424 0.09652 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.31068 0.32372 0.92820 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.96607 0.76315 0.16615 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.87347 0.86714 0.77126 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.13540 0.30710 0.30185 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.50326 0.69935 0.65984 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.65312 0.27277 0.29817 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.84017 0.31375 0.77034 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.40584 0.77185 0.13930 1.00000
  Si9 Si 0.06850 0.62800 0.71989 1.00000
  Si10 Si 0.92826 0.47026 0.43922 1.00000
  Si11 Si 0.80681 0.05126 0.17152 1.00000
  Si12 Si 0.82474 0.98719 0.95228 1.00000
  Si13 Si 0.17071 0.19063 0.75033 1.00000
  Si14 Si 0.53092 0.52438 0.22425 1.00000
  Si15 Si 0.70270 0.27590 0.94343 1.00000
  Si16 Si 0.44146 0.68802 0.96072 1.00000
  Si17 Si 0.30223 0.14005 0.40942 1.00000
  Si18 Si 0.59583 0.93412 0.54021 1.00000
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