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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073465 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073465
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.5033
g/cm³
Volume
213.53
ų
Cell a
3.7936
Å
Cell b
4.6563
Å
Cell c
13.1539
Å
α Angle
85.94
°
β Angle
85.46
°
γ Angle
67.34
°
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
6.75 13.1001 19.6 (0,0,1)
20.34 4.3667 2.5 (0,0,3)
20.69 4.2927 2.6 (0,1,0)
22.07 4.0274 2.5 (0,1,-1)
24.29 3.6647 2.0 (0,1,2)
25.30 3.5203 1.4 (0,1,-2)
26.01 3.4254 6.8 (1,1,0)
26.29 3.3896 14.4 (1,1,1)
26.77 3.3306 11.6 (1,0,-1)
27.23 3.2750 5.9 (0,0,4)
27.50 3.2432 5.0 (1,1,-1)
28.26 3.1583 10.5 (1,0,2)
28.29 3.1544 5.6 (1,1,2)
28.51 3.1306 3.2 (0,1,3)
29.64 3.0139 1.1 (1,0,-2)
29.82 2.9963 8.1 (0,1,-3)
30.52 2.9289 28.0 (1,1,-2)
31.71 2.8215 24.2 (1,1,3)
31.88 2.8069 14.3 (1,0,3)
33.69 2.6606 49.0 (0,1,4)
33.74 2.6567 22.4 (1,0,-3)
34.22 2.6200 12.8 (0,0,5)
34.71 2.5843 28.2 (1,1,-3)
35.19 2.5504 30.6 (0,1,-4)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.23766
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.92271
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2920
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9700
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.79
ų
c/a Ratio
3.4674

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0039
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
0.508
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-1073465
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073465, 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   3.79355500
_cell_length_b   4.65628418
_cell_length_c   13.15392157
_cell_angle_alpha   85.94050013
_cell_angle_beta   85.46243556
_cell_angle_gamma   67.33811806
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   213.53321026
_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  0.55310000  0.97682800  0.12459400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.19513800  0.80669000  0.95096100  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.33244100  0.66772400  0.70647200  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.90210500  0.16494600  0.29929700  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.92209000  0.41036100  0.84785900  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.23905500  0.54804100  0.20264000  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.19552300  0.55835600  0.40020200  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.00382800  0.42669700  0.57197200  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.86523900  0.40503300  0.03988900  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.60714200  0.06176500  0.80311800  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.66785200  0.06869100  0.60827500  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.51628800  0.90514900  0.44446200  1.0
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