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Mg2Si3

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073208 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg2Si3
MP-ID
mp-1073208
Elements
2
Sites
20
Density
2.4815
g/cm³
Volume
355.64
ų
Cell a
3.7326
Å
Cell b
5.0920
Å
Cell c
19.9502
Å
α Angle
89.64
°
β Angle
95.02
°
γ Angle
109.64
°
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
4.45 19.8675 1.9 (0,0,1)
17.86 4.9669 1.9 (0,0,4)
18.51 4.7942 1.6 (0,1,0)
18.93 4.6869 2.6 (0,1,-1)
19.15 4.6345 3.0 (0,1,1)
20.77 4.2767 54.9 (0,1,2)
22.63 3.9297 1.6 (0,1,-3)
23.17 3.8388 5.4 (0,1,3)
26.25 3.3956 9.7 (1,0,1)
26.88 3.3167 10.0 (1,-1,-2)
31.52 2.8382 1.6 (0,0,7)
32.48 2.7565 17.7 (0,1,-6)
32.52 2.7537 2.6 (1,0,-5)
32.60 2.7466 13.2 (1,0,4)
32.77 2.7333 5.0 (1,-1,4)
33.26 2.6935 13.5 (1,-1,-5)
35.59 2.5226 19.8 (1,0,-6)
35.69 2.5160 55.8 (1,0,5)
35.78 2.5098 20.1 (1,-1,5)
36.17 2.4834 28.9 (0,0,8)
36.34 2.4723 51.7 (1,-1,-6)
36.39 2.4691 1.6 (0,1,-7)
36.46 2.4645 30.1 (1,1,-1)
36.53 2.4601 53.7 (1,1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.20531
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.70207
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2705
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.7447
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.78
ų
c/a Ratio
5.3448

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0010
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
0.486
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-1073208
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg2Si3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073208, 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   3.73260900
_cell_length_b   5.09196313
_cell_length_c   19.95019562
_cell_angle_alpha   89.63776628
_cell_angle_beta   95.02385619
_cell_angle_gamma   109.64100966
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg2Si3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si12'
_cell_volume   355.63789245
_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  0.36079700  0.41947800  0.31231700  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.63920300  0.58052200  0.68768300  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.83043400  0.20843600  0.44228900  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.16956600  0.79156400  0.55771100  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.99714700  0.22570400  0.78357200  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.00285300  0.77429600  0.21642800  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.99632400  0.06861300  0.92656900  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.00367600  0.93138700  0.07343100  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.54190900  0.63895500  0.44974300  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.45809100  0.36104500  0.55025700  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.08920700  0.81094200  0.37542900  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.91079300  0.18905800  0.62457100  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.29315500  0.79280400  0.81522800  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.70684500  0.20719600  0.18477200  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.29187400  0.62576400  0.96782300  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.70812600  0.37423600  0.03217700  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.69842200  0.53111800  0.87410000  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.30157800  0.46888200  0.12590000  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.65318200  0.00961000  0.30022700  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.34681800  0.99039000  0.69977300  1.0
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