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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073409 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073409
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.3238
g/cm³
Volume
230.03
ų
Cell a
3.7111
Å
Cell b
6.1943
Å
Cell c
10.2583
Å
α Angle
100.21
°
β Angle
92.50
°
γ Angle
96.63
°
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
14.65 6.0481 33.7 (0,1,0)
15.64 5.6651 17.2 (0,1,-1)
17.61 5.0370 1.9 (0,0,2)
18.45 4.8100 26.7 (0,1,1)
20.77 4.2762 1.4 (0,1,-2)
24.20 3.6783 1.6 (1,0,0)
25.00 3.5620 14.1 (0,1,2)
26.33 3.3846 16.5 (1,0,1)
26.74 3.3336 6.1 (1,-1,0)
27.83 3.2052 10.6 (1,-1,1)
27.92 3.1956 15.6 (0,1,-3)
28.56 3.1260 28.1 (1,-1,-1)
29.11 3.0678 24.2 (1,0,-2)
29.23 3.0551 4.1 (0,2,-1)
29.54 3.0241 12.0 (0,2,0)
29.97 2.9813 80.1 (1,1,0)
30.01 2.9775 30.0 (1,1,-1)
31.03 2.8821 13.0 (1,0,2)
31.56 2.8352 8.1 (1,-1,2)
31.59 2.8325 7.4 (0,2,-2)
32.44 2.7601 3.1 (0,2,1)
32.52 2.7532 5.3 (1,1,1)
32.63 2.7442 13.8 (1,1,-2)
32.80 2.7306 17.0 (0,1,3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.18560
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.97476
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2399
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0221
eV/atom
Volume/atom
19.17
ų
c/a Ratio
2.7643

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0067
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000030
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
0.543
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-1073409
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073409, 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   3.71105000
_cell_length_b   6.19430330
_cell_length_c   10.25831380
_cell_angle_alpha   100.21415900
_cell_angle_beta   92.49534658
_cell_angle_gamma   96.62908456
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   230.02818370
_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  0.04338700  0.98397800  0.10886300  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.41546500  0.60000800  0.90472800  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.86321900  0.58030200  0.59097400  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.24492600  0.90190500  0.40744000  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.96044200  0.89259000  0.82799800  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.59225100  0.34115100  0.10995800  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.29112900  0.45652600  0.38108200  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.36787800  0.27996700  0.67618000  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.14459800  0.58393700  0.16278700  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.51677500  0.13550300  0.88769100  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.81883600  0.03842800  0.61406100  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.74158600  0.20574600  0.32797500  1.0
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