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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073470 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073470
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.3626
g/cm³
Volume
226.25
ų
Cell a
3.6867
Å
Cell b
7.5299
Å
Cell c
8.3879
Å
α Angle
102.56
°
β Angle
94.86
°
γ Angle
91.34
°
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
10.85 8.1523 7.6 (0,0,1)
12.05 7.3429 30.9 (0,1,0)
14.35 6.1742 44.3 (0,1,-1)
17.95 4.9414 3.9 (0,1,1)
21.80 4.0762 15.6 (0,0,2)
22.49 3.9525 6.7 (0,1,-2)
24.24 3.6714 35.5 (0,2,0)
24.30 3.6634 4.1 (0,2,-1)
25.69 3.4682 10.5 (1,0,-1)
26.68 3.3407 21.6 (1,-1,0)
27.26 3.2711 15.3 (0,1,2)
27.56 3.2368 21.4 (1,0,1)
27.64 3.2278 54.7 (1,1,0)
28.71 3.1092 2.7 (1,-1,1)
28.92 3.0871 40.4 (0,2,-2)
31.26 2.8616 5.6 (1,0,-2)
31.57 2.8336 79.8 (1,1,1)
32.17 2.7828 51.2 (1,1,-2)
32.52 2.7536 37.9 (0,1,-3)
32.96 2.7174 48.8 (0,0,3)
33.78 2.6532 12.4 (1,-2,0)
34.35 2.6105 13.8 (1,0,2)
34.43 2.6049 74.5 (1,-1,2)
34.57 2.5947 4.3 (1,-2,1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.19278
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.96758
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2471
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0149
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.85
ų
c/a Ratio
2.2752

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0035
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
0.538
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-1073470
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073470, 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   3.68668900
_cell_length_b   7.52988829
_cell_length_c   8.38787707
_cell_angle_alpha   102.56168170
_cell_angle_beta   94.86344805
_cell_angle_gamma   91.33807021
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   226.24912455
_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  0.55653900  0.98934200  0.90321200  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.50638500  0.66542200  0.52535800  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.00975900  0.00680400  0.48178100  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.08220300  0.35988000  0.97383800  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.03265500  0.69859400  0.79696400  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.87910800  0.35042600  0.32887500  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.55503100  0.22078900  0.69889800  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.46605100  0.85026600  0.22091500  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.97018700  0.65639600  0.26581900  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.04150600  0.38978700  0.62284000  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.34247800  0.16880600  0.20882400  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.57384700  0.64348800  0.97267700  1.0
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