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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073405 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073405
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4089
g/cm³
Volume
221.90
ų
Cell a
3.6974
Å
Cell b
5.3318
Å
Cell c
11.9448
Å
α Angle
87.39
°
β Angle
88.62
°
γ Angle
70.62
°
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
7.41 11.9319 7.1 (0,0,1)
14.85 5.9659 11.2 (0,0,2)
17.65 5.0258 8.8 (0,1,0)
18.89 4.6991 28.0 (0,1,1)
19.44 4.5672 4.8 (0,1,-1)
22.35 3.9773 10.0 (0,0,3)
22.68 3.9213 4.6 (0,1,2)
23.60 3.7705 3.3 (0,1,-2)
26.63 3.3473 12.8 (1,1,1)
26.70 3.3391 3.6 (1,0,-1)
27.17 3.2822 3.0 (1,1,-1)
28.05 3.1810 1.5 (0,1,3)
29.18 3.0602 2.9 (0,1,-3)
29.43 3.0354 19.4 (1,1,2)
29.54 3.0237 14.2 (1,0,2)
29.80 2.9985 20.0 (1,0,-2)
29.96 2.9830 17.0 (0,0,4)
30.40 2.9401 3.3 (1,1,-2)
33.76 2.6550 18.7 (1,1,3)
34.02 2.6349 24.4 (1,0,3)
34.34 2.6112 10.7 (0,1,4)
34.36 2.6099 38.9 (1,0,-3)
35.05 2.5599 20.6 (1,1,-3)
35.60 2.5215 100.0 (0,1,-4)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.18992
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.97045
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2442
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0178
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.49
ų
c/a Ratio
3.2306

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0026
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
0.540
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-1073405
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073405, 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   3.69740100
_cell_length_b   5.33180014
_cell_length_c   11.94478382
_cell_angle_alpha   87.39094110
_cell_angle_beta   88.61535925
_cell_angle_gamma   70.62393210
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   221.89946990
_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  0.40892100  0.06982600  0.86441900  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.05661100  0.70690000  0.07255600  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.46320000  0.78652700  0.30705700  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.73064900  0.44776600  0.68194200  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.73888100  0.30380500  0.19380900  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.10734300  0.66718700  0.82607200  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.06869600  0.82983600  0.53203900  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.75953500  0.18461800  0.38927700  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.70009200  0.46031800  0.92809500  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.32811000  0.13157100  0.09665500  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.16828900  0.38101300  0.48013700  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.47000900  0.03040500  0.62817300  1.0
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