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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073483 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073483
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.3575
g/cm³
Volume
226.74
ų
Cell a
5.2491
Å
Cell b
5.6817
Å
Cell c
8.8711
Å
α Angle
92.87
°
β Angle
103.11
°
γ Angle
116.66
°
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
10.40 8.5072 1.3 (0,0,1)
18.95 4.6821 6.7 (0,1,-1)
19.30 4.5986 15.8 (1,-1,0)
19.56 4.5395 1.9 (1,0,-1)
19.71 4.5042 11.6 (1,0,0)
20.78 4.2744 2.9 (1,-1,-1)
20.88 4.2536 1.3 (0,0,2)
22.14 4.0150 3.1 (0,1,1)
23.10 3.8496 6.9 (1,-1,1)
24.44 3.6418 3.2 (1,0,-2)
24.82 3.5877 16.2 (1,0,1)
25.01 3.5610 26.8 (0,1,-2)
26.72 3.3368 2.8 (1,-1,-2)
29.86 2.9922 15.5 (0,1,2)
30.35 2.9450 40.4 (1,-1,2)
31.29 2.8591 7.7 (1,1,-1)
31.55 2.8357 15.7 (0,0,3)
32.26 2.7745 16.0 (1,0,-3)
32.44 2.7597 13.3 (1,1,0)
32.75 2.7346 10.7 (1,0,2)
33.19 2.6990 6.0 (1,-2,1)
33.50 2.6751 50.6 (0,1,-3)
33.65 2.6636 100.0 (1,-2,-1)
33.65 2.6631 32.2 (1,1,-2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.18385
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.97652
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2382
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0239
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.89
ų
c/a Ratio
1.6900

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0125
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000060
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
0.544
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-1073483
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073483, 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   5.24910200
_cell_length_b   5.68166862
_cell_length_c   8.87108715
_cell_angle_alpha   92.87450435
_cell_angle_beta   103.11095179
_cell_angle_gamma   116.66218429
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   226.73714294
_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  0.56470800  0.15396100  0.77381600  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.26488900  0.91530200  0.27066100  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.56845900  0.50465500  0.22766000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.03355900  0.58354000  0.56094000  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.69278100  0.04833100  0.11473300  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.73022000  0.70957200  0.95176800  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.59732900  0.82295200  0.53697800  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.91508000  0.06695800  0.38416200  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.20367400  0.43072100  0.83861600  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.01295600  0.46929700  0.05866100  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.43086900  0.34426700  0.50762500  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.98547600  0.94967400  0.77461200  1.0
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