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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073557 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073557
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4175
g/cm³
Volume
221.11
ų
Cell a
3.6954
Å
Cell b
5.9402
Å
Cell c
10.1968
Å
α Angle
97.87
°
β Angle
92.99
°
γ Angle
92.58
°
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
8.77 10.0832 23.4 (0,0,1)
15.08 5.8760 27.6 (0,1,0)
16.37 5.4165 21.8 (0,1,-1)
17.59 5.0416 14.9 (0,0,2)
18.51 4.7940 14.4 (0,1,1)
21.56 4.1212 21.4 (0,1,-2)
24.82 3.5868 6.3 (0,1,2)
25.24 3.5291 7.8 (1,0,-1)
26.23 3.3973 7.1 (1,0,1)
26.52 3.3611 19.6 (0,0,3)
27.89 3.1989 5.2 (1,-1,0)
28.70 3.1107 7.7 (0,1,-3)
29.08 3.0712 26.1 (1,-1,1)
29.16 3.0624 1.9 (1,0,-2)
29.28 3.0505 21.1 (1,1,0)
29.50 3.0275 3.9 (1,-1,-1)
29.55 3.0232 30.8 (1,1,-1)
30.42 2.9380 11.8 (0,2,0)
30.48 2.9328 26.1 (0,2,-1)
30.89 2.8950 23.6 (1,0,2)
31.66 2.8263 2.6 (1,1,1)
32.41 2.7625 22.1 (1,1,-2)
32.48 2.7564 6.6 (0,1,3)
32.78 2.7319 16.6 (1,-1,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.22729
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.93308
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2816
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9804
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.43
ų
c/a Ratio
2.7593

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0029
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
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
0.515
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-1073557
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073557, 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   3.69541700
_cell_length_b   5.94014986
_cell_length_c   10.19678989
_cell_angle_alpha   97.87065319
_cell_angle_beta   92.99100996
_cell_angle_gamma   92.58055458
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   221.11436633
_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  0.96342300  0.07787000  0.08260200  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.44516100  0.35895700  0.92008400  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.54258600  0.10017800  0.56764700  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.01972900  0.66007400  0.41758200  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.45626300  0.91490700  0.84256900  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.00020900  0.60240400  0.11963600  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.04390500  0.16032000  0.36000000  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.03221900  0.43483600  0.68173000  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.50003600  0.42184600  0.22589600  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.94764600  0.68835500  0.89322400  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.53820600  0.66711200  0.62890300  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.51013800  0.91283300  0.25986900  1.0
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