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Mg2Si3

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073154 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg2Si3
MP-ID
mp-1073154
Elements
2
Sites
20
Density
2.3938
g/cm³
Volume
368.66
ų
Cell a
4.1363
Å
Cell b
5.8617
Å
Cell c
16.1774
Å
α Angle
96.63
°
β Angle
89.84
°
γ Angle
108.76
°
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
16.37 5.4163 2.5 (0,1,-1)
16.56 5.3529 1.1 (0,0,3)
17.64 5.0280 2.2 (0,1,1)
20.63 4.3064 29.0 (0,1,2)
22.14 4.0146 4.1 (0,0,4)
23.19 3.8350 1.9 (1,0,-1)
23.23 3.8286 1.6 (1,-1,0)
23.59 3.7710 1.8 (1,0,1)
23.63 3.7654 2.5 (1,-1,1)
24.16 3.6842 2.1 (1,-1,-1)
25.68 3.4686 2.6 (1,0,2)
26.27 3.3927 3.6 (1,-1,-2)
27.74 3.2159 2.0 (1,0,-3)
27.78 3.2117 5.6 (0,0,5)
27.99 3.1878 2.4 (1,-1,3)
28.74 3.1059 5.7 (1,0,3)
29.33 3.0452 5.6 (1,-1,-3)
31.33 2.8551 1.3 (1,0,-4)
31.50 2.8400 1.7 (1,-1,4)
32.30 2.7715 2.1 (0,2,-1)
32.53 2.7527 8.2 (1,0,4)
33.03 2.7122 19.0 (1,1,-2)
33.03 2.7117 35.1 (1,1,1)
33.08 2.7081 33.8 (0,2,-2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.15110
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.75628
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2163
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.7989
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.43
ų
c/a Ratio
3.9111

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0012
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Si · 0.600
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.400
Interstitial Fraction
0.600
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.522
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Si · 0.600

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1073154
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg2Si3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073154, 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_Mg2Si3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.13628700
_cell_length_b   5.86166385
_cell_length_c   16.17739257
_cell_angle_alpha   96.62708564
_cell_angle_beta   89.84175933
_cell_angle_gamma   108.76073474
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg2Si3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si12'
_cell_volume   368.66247876
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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
  Mg  Mg0  1  0.35836500  0.72359300  0.24647600  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.64163500  0.27640700  0.75352400  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.17963800  0.36153400  0.05674300  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.82036200  0.63846600  0.94325700  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.91938700  0.83948100  0.74063200  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.08061300  0.16051900  0.25936800  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.68061600  0.35924800  0.56091700  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.31938400  0.64075200  0.43908300  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.49324600  0.98520100  0.07746300  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.09685800  0.21479000  0.88330600  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.90314200  0.78521000  0.11669400  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.50675400  0.01479900  0.92253700  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.24578300  0.49981000  0.67439000  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.75421700  0.50019000  0.32561000  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.92362800  0.84752600  0.54532200  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.07637200  0.15247400  0.45467800  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.44231000  0.89196500  0.62605900  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.55769000  0.10803500  0.37394100  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.69319200  0.39278800  0.17301500  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.30680800  0.60721200  0.82698500  1.0
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