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MgSi2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005278259 · Space group: Cm (#8)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
Alex-ID
agm005278259
Elements
2
Sites
12
Space group
Cm (#8)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
204.24
ų
Cell a
5.2651
Å
Cell b
5.2651
Å
Cell c
12.2539
Å
α angle
71.66
°
β angle
71.66
°
γ angle
39.64
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgSi2
Mg
4.00 · 33.3%
Si
8.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2446
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.1661
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-47.7699
eV
Raw total energy
-47.7699
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0385
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.0539
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_3355_spg8

Decomposition

Mg2Si Si

Computed at

2023-04-21 16:32:18.751181

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: agm005278259).

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 agm005278259
data_agm005278259
_cell_length_a     5.26510
_cell_length_b     5.26510
_cell_length_c     12.25390
_cell_angle_alpha  71.65580
_cell_angle_beta   71.65580
_cell_angle_gamma  39.64287
_cell_volume       204.23665
_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 0.60732 0.60732 0.17110 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.95153 0.95153 0.80567 1.00000
  Mg3 Mg 0.63506 0.63506 0.58725 1.00000
  Mg4 Mg 0.13241 0.13241 0.37268 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.25962 0.25962 0.97624 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.34025 0.34025 0.15147 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.86688 0.86688 0.29558 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.26325 0.26325 0.71987 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.99610 0.99610 0.01897 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.64753 0.64753 0.87781 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.91303 0.91303 0.58198 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.39315 0.39315 0.44124 1.00000
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