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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073451 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073451
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.6004
g/cm³
Volume
205.56
ų
Cell a
4.7712
Å
Cell b
5.9345
Å
Cell c
7.6956
Å
α Angle
109.16
°
β Angle
92.89
°
γ Angle
89.44
°
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
12.19 7.2601 1.1 (0,0,1)
16.51 5.3707 2.8 (0,1,-1)
18.62 4.7650 2.0 (1,0,0)
21.79 4.0781 6.5 (1,0,-1)
24.43 3.6435 3.9 (1,-1,0)
24.45 3.6404 1.2 (0,1,-2)
24.60 3.6188 3.4 (1,1,-1)
24.61 3.6178 1.3 (1,1,0)
29.29 3.0494 4.8 (1,-1,-1)
30.18 2.9616 10.5 (0,2,-1)
30.23 2.9567 3.0 (1,1,1)
31.93 2.8028 17.0 (0,2,0)
33.37 2.6853 13.7 (0,2,-2)
33.53 2.6729 26.6 (0,1,2)
35.24 2.5467 14.7 (0,1,-3)
35.48 2.5299 5.5 (1,2,-1)
35.91 2.5010 6.6 (1,-2,1)
37.10 2.4235 9.6 (1,-2,0)
37.15 2.4200 11.5 (0,0,3)
37.34 2.4083 38.1 (1,2,0)
37.76 2.3825 100.0 (2,0,0)
37.93 2.3722 75.9 (1,-1,-2)
37.96 2.3701 58.4 (1,2,-2)
38.02 2.3667 17.0 (0,2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.24756
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.91281
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.3019
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9601
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.13
ų
c/a Ratio
1.6129

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0040
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000020
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
0.503
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-1073451
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073451, 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   4.77117900
_cell_length_b   5.93448144
_cell_length_c   7.69555819
_cell_angle_alpha   109.16152187
_cell_angle_beta   92.88740946
_cell_angle_gamma   89.44001710
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   205.55702323
_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  0.87120500  0.34995300  0.07122900  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.86073800  0.36105600  0.70006200  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.36615900  0.68619500  0.73896900  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.80719400  0.97003700  0.31738400  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.90044900  0.82204200  0.95495700  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.36195400  0.32110000  0.89594400  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.72463200  0.52727100  0.41615300  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.32582400  0.02109900  0.55510500  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.32463500  0.67971800  0.22453700  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.35500500  0.03515000  0.08119900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.85357600  0.89037900  0.65885200  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.24886000  0.33603100  0.38534100  1.0
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