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Mg2Si3

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073181 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg2Si3
MP-ID
mp-1073181
Elements
2
Sites
20
Density
2.5187
g/cm³
Volume
350.39
ų
Cell a
4.6689
Å
Cell b
5.4035
Å
Cell c
15.2252
Å
α Angle
91.72
°
β Angle
94.18
°
γ Angle
113.57
°
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
11.68 7.5764 5.3 (0,0,2)
20.81 4.2678 5.3 (0,1,-2)
21.13 4.2047 1.3 (1,0,-1)
21.94 4.0513 1.1 (1,-1,-1)
22.10 4.0220 8.6 (0,1,2)
22.19 4.0063 2.4 (1,0,1)
22.35 3.9775 2.5 (1,-1,1)
23.48 3.7882 2.6 (0,0,4)
27.27 3.2706 2.0 (1,-1,-3)
30.65 2.9168 3.1 (0,1,4)
33.68 2.6615 1.0 (0,1,-5)
33.93 2.6419 4.4 (1,1,1)
34.41 2.6067 5.3 (1,-2,-1)
34.70 2.5854 21.7 (1,0,-5)
35.55 2.5255 27.3 (0,0,6)
35.74 2.5121 3.7 (0,1,5)
35.74 2.5120 1.4 (1,-2,2)
35.89 2.5021 43.8 (1,1,-3)
36.03 2.4931 21.3 (1,-1,-5)
36.36 2.4711 6.9 (0,2,0)
36.46 2.4644 6.6 (0,2,-1)
37.24 2.4142 12.5 (0,2,1)
37.33 2.4091 13.5 (1,-1,5)
37.55 2.3955 6.3 (0,2,-2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.20365
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.70373
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2688
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.7463
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.52
ų
c/a Ratio
3.2610

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0017
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
0.487
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-1073181
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg2Si3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073181, 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   4.66893500
_cell_length_b   5.40346530
_cell_length_c   15.22518923
_cell_angle_alpha   91.72167069
_cell_angle_beta   94.17829818
_cell_angle_gamma   113.57130506
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg2Si3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si12'
_cell_volume   350.38653787
_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  0.82537900  0.69267300  0.49017300  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.64248400  0.30574500  0.99086800  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.97134200  0.96233400  0.68448000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.47494900  0.93324300  0.82116200  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.35751600  0.69425500  0.00913200  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.17462100  0.30732700  0.50982700  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.52505100  0.06675700  0.17883800  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.02865800  0.03766600  0.31552000  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.26973900  0.55366500  0.68530800  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.75247900  0.50505400  0.80872400  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.68442700  0.37661200  0.64868100  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.17659800  0.32242600  0.84026200  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.02093200  0.08648300  0.07940200  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.56464800  0.07580300  0.42338000  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.82340200  0.67757400  0.15973800  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.73026100  0.44633500  0.31469200  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.24752100  0.49494600  0.19127600  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.31557300  0.62338800  0.35131900  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.43535200  0.92419700  0.57662000  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.97906800  0.91351700  0.92059800  1.0
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