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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073469 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073469
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.5967
g/cm³
Volume
205.85
ų
Cell a
3.6125
Å
Cell b
6.1693
Å
Cell c
9.2772
Å
α Angle
84.83
°
β Angle
89.15
°
γ Angle
88.77
°
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
14.42 6.1430 7.7 (0,1,0)
16.60 5.3414 18.8 (0,1,1)
23.03 3.8624 2.5 (0,1,2)
25.14 3.5423 1.4 (0,1,-2)
28.99 3.0796 1.7 (0,0,3)
29.07 3.0715 5.1 (0,2,0)
29.82 2.9963 2.1 (0,2,1)
30.58 2.9233 7.2 (1,1,-1)
30.86 2.8976 15.5 (1,-1,1)
31.30 2.8578 3.9 (0,1,3)
31.51 2.8393 1.5 (0,2,-1)
33.56 2.6707 3.4 (0,2,2)
33.71 2.6589 4.7 (0,1,-3)
35.47 2.5310 27.6 (1,1,-2)
35.53 2.5267 40.9 (1,-1,2)
36.56 2.4579 13.4 (0,2,-2)
38.08 2.3634 80.1 (1,2,0)
38.16 2.3585 89.6 (1,0,3)
38.58 2.3336 15.1 (1,2,1)
38.67 2.3283 100.0 (1,0,-3)
38.87 2.3167 63.2 (1,-2,0)
39.00 2.3097 1.3 (0,0,4)
39.53 2.2795 78.7 (0,2,3)
39.54 2.2793 15.3 (1,-2,-1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.23315
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.92722
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2875
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9746
eV/atom
Volume/atom
17.15
ų
c/a Ratio
2.5681

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0073
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000040
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
0.511
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-1073469
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073469, 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   3.61246600
_cell_length_b   6.16932379
_cell_length_c   9.27723366
_cell_angle_alpha   84.82827930
_cell_angle_beta   89.14613023
_cell_angle_gamma   88.76772498
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   205.85003571
_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  0.74707700  0.44588300  0.20791300  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.25292300  0.55411700  0.79208700  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.75005600  0.85307900  0.59098200  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.24994400  0.14692100  0.40901800  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.77864900  0.24537700  0.93696500  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.22135100  0.75462300  0.06303500  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.75278400  0.86075400  0.28248600  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.24721600  0.13924600  0.71751400  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.27447500  0.12654200  0.11771100  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.72552500  0.87345800  0.88228900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.74667400  0.37295900  0.56824800  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.25332600  0.62704100  0.43175200  1.0
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