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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073519 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073519
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4651
g/cm³
Volume
216.84
ų
Cell a
3.6519
Å
Cell b
5.4500
Å
Cell c
11.6472
Å
α Angle
84.08
°
β Angle
83.64
°
γ Angle
70.67
°
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
7.66 11.5464 7.1 (0,0,1)
15.35 5.7732 43.9 (0,0,2)
17.29 5.1297 1.2 (0,1,0)
18.42 4.8163 2.7 (0,1,1)
19.43 4.5693 2.3 (0,1,-1)
22.35 3.9772 7.7 (0,1,2)
23.11 3.8488 1.7 (0,0,3)
24.01 3.7065 20.2 (0,1,-2)
26.14 3.4085 2.2 (1,1,0)
26.47 3.3678 1.7 (1,0,1)
27.70 3.2208 5.7 (1,0,-1)
27.98 3.1890 1.6 (0,1,3)
28.23 3.1609 3.5 (1,1,-1)
28.66 3.1150 3.7 (1,1,2)
29.15 3.0635 2.1 (1,0,2)
30.00 2.9789 5.8 (0,1,-3)
30.98 2.8866 9.3 (0,0,4)
31.37 2.8511 49.2 (1,0,-2)
32.16 2.7832 1.5 (1,1,-2)
32.79 2.7313 100.0 (1,1,3)
34.56 2.5955 24.9 (0,1,4)
34.98 2.5649 16.8 (0,2,0)
35.30 2.5423 14.7 (0,2,1)
35.86 2.5040 49.0 (1,-1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.18998
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.97038
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2443
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0177
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.07
ų
c/a Ratio
3.1894

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
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
0.540
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-1073519
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073519, 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   3.65185300
_cell_length_b   5.45001003
_cell_length_c   11.64717569
_cell_angle_alpha   84.08075143
_cell_angle_beta   83.64177366
_cell_angle_gamma   70.66594190
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   216.84435598
_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  0.49145300  0.61860500  0.09110200  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.28071300  0.17983600  0.93446500  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.71291500  0.78132800  0.57293500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.51457900  0.32180600  0.42664800  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.61209300  0.65918000  0.85802400  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.14204000  0.23888200  0.22355900  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.87125900  0.67992000  0.28442300  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.35413700  0.44705400  0.71912300  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.76931700  0.05722200  0.11984500  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.01397300  0.90990700  0.76925800  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.00067900  0.23663300  0.61428800  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.23685300  0.86970500  0.38640900  1.0
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