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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073277 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073277
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.6291
g/cm³
Volume
203.32
ų
Cell a
4.5399
Å
Cell b
5.1262
Å
Cell c
9.6252
Å
α Angle
87.82
°
β Angle
89.01
°
γ Angle
65.27
°
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
9.19 9.6183 8.6 (0,0,1)
18.45 4.8091 9.8 (0,0,2)
19.07 4.6536 2.6 (0,1,0)
20.92 4.2459 1.0 (0,1,1)
21.49 4.1344 3.2 (0,1,-1)
23.46 3.7920 3.3 (1,0,1)
24.18 3.6805 5.3 (1,1,-1)
28.43 3.1391 2.1 (1,1,2)
28.49 3.1326 1.2 (1,0,2)
28.53 3.1282 2.5 (1,0,-2)
29.33 3.0452 1.1 (1,1,-2)
33.40 2.6830 29.9 (0,1,3)
34.51 2.5993 1.6 (0,1,-3)
34.57 2.5946 3.1 (1,-1,0)
35.21 2.5487 25.6 (1,1,3)
35.44 2.5328 6.0 (1,0,3)
35.49 2.5293 25.3 (1,0,-3)
35.50 2.5287 3.1 (1,2,0)
36.32 2.4733 6.8 (1,1,-3)
37.40 2.4046 40.9 (0,0,4)
38.70 2.3268 1.0 (0,2,0)
39.15 2.3008 39.0 (1,-1,-2)
39.54 2.2793 20.2 (0,2,1)
39.64 2.2738 40.5 (1,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.19230
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.96807
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2466
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0154
eV/atom
Volume/atom
16.94
ų
c/a Ratio
2.1202

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0021
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Si · 0.667
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.333
Interstitial Fraction
0.667
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.538
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Si · 0.667

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1073277
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073277, 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_MgSi2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.53985600
_cell_length_b   5.12619648
_cell_length_c   9.62521228
_cell_angle_alpha   87.82152733
_cell_angle_beta   89.01459290
_cell_angle_gamma   65.27488437
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   203.31734733
_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  0.09687900  0.29789800  0.88870400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.90312100  0.70210200  0.11129600  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.74987500  0.99683400  0.39097200  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.25012500  0.00316600  0.60902800  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.60695300  0.29586200  0.09097300  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.39304700  0.70413800  0.90902700  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.53358700  0.41771800  0.69842100  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.06357200  0.37657400  0.37659200  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.78232900  0.93749600  0.82566100  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.21767100  0.06250400  0.17433900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.46641300  0.58228200  0.30157900  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.93642800  0.62342600  0.62340800  1.0
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