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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073613 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073613
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4215
g/cm³
Volume
220.75
ų
Cell a
4.5351
Å
Cell b
6.2278
Å
Cell c
8.1956
Å
α Angle
98.43
°
β Angle
105.01
°
γ Angle
91.17
°
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
11.32 7.8175 37.0 (0,0,1)
14.40 6.1490 4.9 (0,1,0)
16.89 5.2509 4.9 (0,1,-1)
19.72 4.5014 15.9 (0,1,1)
20.31 4.3722 2.7 (1,0,0)
20.48 4.3366 3.7 (1,0,-1)
22.75 3.9087 10.4 (0,0,2)
24.25 3.6708 18.1 (1,-1,0)
24.81 3.5891 20.6 (1,1,-1)
25.00 3.5620 4.3 (0,1,-2)
25.71 3.4646 26.7 (1,1,0)
25.85 3.4467 3.1 (1,0,1)
26.25 3.3949 12.5 (1,0,-2)
28.15 3.1697 1.4 (1,-1,1)
28.93 3.0863 27.5 (0,1,2)
29.04 3.0745 17.1 (0,2,0)
29.50 3.0279 6.6 (0,2,-1)
31.20 2.8664 16.5 (1,1,1)
31.21 2.8660 2.2 (1,-1,-2)
32.94 2.7193 14.3 (0,2,1)
34.15 2.6254 33.6 (0,2,-2)
34.42 2.6058 8.4 (0,0,3)
34.63 2.5906 7.7 (1,-2,0)
35.11 2.5559 10.5 (1,0,-3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.24087
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.91950
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2952
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9668
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.40
ų
c/a Ratio
1.8072

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0083
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
0.506
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-1073613
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073613, 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   4.53508200
_cell_length_b   6.22776795
_cell_length_c   8.19555385
_cell_angle_alpha   98.42620469
_cell_angle_beta   105.01022407
_cell_angle_gamma   91.17203937
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   220.74578439
_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  0.89113500  0.72986200  0.89437400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.07650100  0.61532900  0.26357700  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.58339800  0.30481900  0.27629100  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.66386000  0.13173800  0.69836300  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.99510300  0.16687000  0.08786200  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.48965200  0.66470300  0.08064300  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.19769800  0.42307500  0.56621400  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.62230800  0.89619200  0.36877100  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.22082600  0.35324200  0.86100700  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.44338500  0.02417700  0.96649900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.12888200  0.06517700  0.37899600  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.68775300  0.62478300  0.55767200  1.0
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