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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073369 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073369
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.3955
g/cm³
Volume
223.14
ų
Cell a
3.6689
Å
Cell b
5.9434
Å
Cell c
11.0389
Å
α Angle
102.60
°
β Angle
91.71
°
γ Angle
107.29
°
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
8.25 10.7171 9.6 (0,0,1)
16.24 5.4583 50.1 (0,1,-1)
16.54 5.3585 1.4 (0,0,2)
19.79 4.4867 5.8 (0,1,1)
24.93 3.5724 1.5 (0,0,3)
25.80 3.4534 3.2 (0,1,2)
26.07 3.4180 1.6 (1,0,-1)
26.30 3.3882 9.2 (0,1,-3)
27.37 3.2590 4.3 (1,-1,-1)
27.71 3.2194 4.3 (1,0,1)
29.11 3.0676 3.9 (1,0,-2)
29.96 2.9822 9.7 (1,-1,2)
31.54 2.8369 4.6 (0,2,-1)
32.49 2.7560 10.8 (0,2,0)
32.96 2.7172 18.3 (0,1,3)
33.44 2.6793 100.0 (0,0,4)
33.88 2.6457 11.4 (1,1,-1)
34.06 2.6320 22.3 (1,0,-3)
34.41 2.6064 63.4 (1,-2,1)
34.46 2.6024 50.3 (1,1,0)
34.64 2.5892 71.6 (1,-2,0)
35.14 2.5535 17.9 (1,-1,3)
35.39 2.5360 70.4 (1,1,-2)
36.23 2.4795 13.8 (1,-2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.17438
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.98599
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2287
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0333
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.60
ų
c/a Ratio
3.0088

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0028
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
0.550
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-1073369
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073369, 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   3.66891800
_cell_length_b   5.94341104
_cell_length_c   11.03888849
_cell_angle_alpha   102.60306945
_cell_angle_beta   91.71423641
_cell_angle_gamma   107.28566170
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   223.14048702
_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  0.43578900  0.48749800  0.64520200  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.22779000  0.96584000  0.86814300  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.77221000  0.03416000  0.13185700  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.56421100  0.51250200  0.35479800  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.54711500  0.59544800  0.91334900  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.08800500  0.80976800  0.58121600  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.91199500  0.19023200  0.41878400  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.45288500  0.40455200  0.08665100  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.73150900  0.08924900  0.62113000  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.90905500  0.33433100  0.82748200  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.09094500  0.66566900  0.17251800  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.26849100  0.91075100  0.37887000  1.0
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