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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073371 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073371
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4105
g/cm³
Volume
221.76
ų
Cell a
5.3674
Å
Cell b
5.5637
Å
Cell c
8.5023
Å
α Angle
74.11
°
β Angle
78.61
°
γ Angle
65.84
°
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
10.87 8.1387 5.1 (0,0,1)
17.89 4.9570 1.4 (0,1,0)
18.20 4.8740 17.0 (1,0,0)
20.07 4.4237 9.4 (1,1,1)
20.17 4.4020 11.3 (1,1,0)
20.31 4.3735 7.7 (1,0,1)
21.84 4.0693 2.1 (0,0,2)
22.15 4.0128 15.9 (1,0,-1)
25.14 3.5421 5.8 (0,1,2)
25.32 3.5182 9.8 (1,1,2)
25.56 3.4857 15.1 (1,1,-1)
27.14 3.2851 16.9 (1,0,2)
29.94 2.9840 21.1 (1,0,-2)
30.17 2.9621 14.0 (1,-1,0)
31.30 2.8575 12.9 (0,1,-2)
31.41 2.8479 7.4 (1,-1,-1)
32.89 2.7231 29.0 (1,-1,1)
33.02 2.7129 41.0 (0,0,3)
33.61 2.6662 15.4 (1,1,3)
33.69 2.6604 20.6 (2,1,1)
33.84 2.6489 45.0 (1,2,0)
33.92 2.6426 19.2 (1,1,-2)
34.08 2.6307 100.0 (0,1,3)
34.35 2.6108 4.6 (2,1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.17692
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.98345
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2312
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0308
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.48
ų
c/a Ratio
1.5841

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0089
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000040
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
0.548
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-1073371
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073371, 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   5.36737300
_cell_length_b   5.56371228
_cell_length_c   8.50224555
_cell_angle_alpha   74.11404012
_cell_angle_beta   78.60931650
_cell_angle_gamma   65.84199096
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   221.75516760
_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  0.88252400  0.70273700  0.77604000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.09753200  0.67070900  0.11542400  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.59312800  0.69272600  0.46603000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.48320200  0.30490100  0.81773000  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.30133500  0.05031700  0.18032000  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.32623900  0.85867000  0.79083600  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.97037000  0.96823200  0.40292500  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.20066600  0.47888400  0.48971300  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.63091200  0.63682700  0.11280600  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.01848900  0.19050100  0.94898000  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.53087800  0.26349300  0.28532200  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.96449500  0.18216300  0.61409200  1.0
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