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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073416 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073416
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.3935
g/cm³
Volume
223.32
ų
Cell a
3.7305
Å
Cell b
5.3973
Å
Cell c
11.9319
Å
α Angle
84.82
°
β Angle
81.82
°
γ Angle
70.06
°
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
7.49 11.7985 15.2 (0,0,1)
15.02 5.8993 12.7 (0,0,2)
17.50 5.0688 39.9 (0,1,0)
22.61 3.9329 17.5 (0,0,3)
22.61 3.9328 4.4 (0,1,2)
23.65 3.7620 2.3 (0,1,-2)
25.80 3.4531 1.2 (1,0,1)
27.56 3.2366 3.3 (1,0,-1)
27.90 3.1973 22.2 (1,1,2)
27.95 3.1917 57.8 (1,1,-1)
28.09 3.1771 2.2 (0,1,3)
28.17 3.1683 32.8 (1,0,2)
29.36 3.0418 8.9 (0,1,-3)
30.30 2.9496 44.1 (0,0,4)
31.35 2.8536 81.6 (1,0,-2)
31.82 2.8123 48.4 (1,1,3)
31.89 2.8059 5.2 (1,1,-2)
32.24 2.7763 23.6 (1,0,3)
34.49 2.6007 57.1 (0,1,4)
35.42 2.5344 26.8 (0,2,0)
35.82 2.5069 52.9 (1,-1,0)
35.91 2.5010 19.3 (0,1,-4)
35.91 2.5010 11.0 (0,2,1)
36.05 2.4914 1.3 (1,2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.16653
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.99384
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2208
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0412
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.61
ų
c/a Ratio
3.1985

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0018
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
0.555
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-1073416
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073416, 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   3.73049600
_cell_length_b   5.39734021
_cell_length_c   11.93184637
_cell_angle_alpha   84.81915213
_cell_angle_beta   81.82003398
_cell_angle_gamma   70.06407475
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   223.32474618
_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  0.69904700  0.91920600  0.81961200  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.30095300  0.08079400  0.18038800  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.81085200  0.94491000  0.39054300  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.18914800  0.05509000  0.60945700  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.59817600  0.51866600  0.11337200  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.40182400  0.48133400  0.88662800  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.45108200  0.44224500  0.68852300  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.54891800  0.55775500  0.31147700  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.98818400  0.22206600  0.96344400  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.01181600  0.77793400  0.03655600  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.09879800  0.36646800  0.41294000  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.90120200  0.63353200  0.58706000  1.0
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