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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073363 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073363
Elements
2
Sites
24
Density
2.2866
g/cm³
Volume
467.55
ų
Cell a
6.5915
Å
Cell b
6.6138
Å
Cell c
10.7901
Å
α Angle
91.37
°
β Angle
96.16
°
γ Angle
89.95
°
Space Group
P1
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
8.24 10.7247 27.0 (0,0,1)
13.39 6.6119 35.8 (0,1,0)
13.51 6.5535 13.2 (1,0,0)
15.07 5.8799 1.4 (1,0,-1)
15.58 5.6894 32.4 (0,1,-1)
15.91 5.5690 2.2 (0,1,1)
16.59 5.3427 25.7 (1,0,1)
19.05 4.6587 8.8 (1,-1,0)
19.08 4.6504 6.4 (1,1,0)
20.09 4.4192 4.2 (1,1,-1)
20.24 4.3873 6.5 (1,0,-2)
20.33 4.3689 17.0 (1,-1,-1)
21.08 4.2145 10.0 (0,1,-2)
21.24 4.1830 18.7 (1,-1,1)
21.52 4.1287 3.4 (1,1,1)
21.59 4.1169 8.6 (0,1,2)
22.52 3.9476 5.0 (1,0,2)
24.14 3.6871 2.8 (1,1,-2)
24.56 3.6251 3.3 (1,-1,-2)
24.91 3.5749 15.2 (0,0,3)
26.07 3.4177 47.5 (1,-1,2)
26.51 3.3619 21.7 (1,1,2)
26.97 3.3060 62.4 (0,2,0)
27.10 3.2903 25.4 (1,0,-3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.18680
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.97357
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2411
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0209
eV/atom
Volume/atom
19.48
ų
c/a Ratio
1.6370

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0043
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
0.542
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-1073363
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073363, 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   6.59153200
_cell_length_b   6.61381213
_cell_length_c   10.79012832
_cell_angle_alpha   91.36846707
_cell_angle_beta   96.16120301
_cell_angle_gamma   89.95399920
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si16'
_cell_volume   467.54610857
_cell_formula_units_Z   8
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  0.74773000  0.93911000  0.07023800  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.32300100  0.08935700  0.68527700  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.64164000  0.39334800  0.54139400  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.07783600  0.41644500  0.92230200  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.28486000  0.53503900  0.36086300  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.68242500  0.67514700  0.79429900  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.19099100  0.05380500  0.09486900  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.82435300  0.00021600  0.60951000  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.92192100  0.33036300  0.16912900  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.69102200  0.26737700  0.79128900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.95431200  0.83272000  0.35938600  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.40033900  0.82709100  0.92883800  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.08265500  0.16871300  0.35164800  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.44776800  0.19490600  0.93423000  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.04525700  0.67100600  0.16039700  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.48204000  0.76561600  0.55232100  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.58292500  0.84301400  0.34533900  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.10336100  0.75148000  0.77786000  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.55300900  0.33960500  0.13966300  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.05551500  0.32861000  0.54941600  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.42384500  0.68481300  0.14303800  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.11296600  0.69078600  0.55725600  1.0
  Si  Si22  1  0.45444000  0.17586800  0.32307100  1.0
  Si  Si23  1  0.93552900  0.02530600  0.86933800  1.0
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