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MgSi2

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073623 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi2
MP-ID
mp-1073623
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4352
g/cm³
Volume
219.50
ų
Cell a
3.6343
Å
Cell b
5.9936
Å
Cell c
10.5799
Å
α Angle
84.90
°
β Angle
86.33
°
γ Angle
73.14
°
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
8.40 10.5297 4.8 (0,0,1)
15.49 5.7204 4.7 (0,1,0)
16.84 5.2648 2.4 (0,0,2)
17.09 5.1893 10.1 (0,1,1)
18.19 4.8782 2.4 (0,1,-1)
22.09 4.0242 8.9 (0,1,2)
23.80 3.7392 3.5 (0,1,-2)
25.38 3.5099 2.3 (0,0,3)
26.59 3.3527 1.0 (1,1,1)
28.85 3.0949 2.1 (0,1,3)
29.82 2.9963 1.2 (1,1,2)
30.24 2.9554 1.5 (1,0,2)
30.85 2.8981 1.6 (0,1,-3)
32.27 2.7743 2.6 (1,1,-2)
33.05 2.7102 5.6 (0,2,-1)
33.79 2.6525 100.0 (1,-1,0)
34.06 2.6324 41.3 (0,0,4)
34.44 2.6040 66.7 (1,2,0)
34.57 2.5946 2.1 (0,2,2)
34.67 2.5870 7.3 (1,2,1)
34.91 2.5700 2.9 (1,-1,1)
34.96 2.5662 4.3 (1,1,3)
35.62 2.5206 2.4 (1,0,3)
36.33 2.4725 2.4 (1,2,-1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.17467
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.98569
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2290
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.0330
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.29
ų
c/a Ratio
2.9111

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0003
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
0.550
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-1073623
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073623, 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   3.63430900
_cell_length_b   5.99358336
_cell_length_c   10.57994131
_cell_angle_alpha   84.90370787
_cell_angle_beta   86.33245198
_cell_angle_gamma   73.14029768
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg4 Si8'
_cell_volume   219.50395699
_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  0.66810600  0.50500200  0.90438600  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.31798800  0.12720700  0.08307600  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.65965300  0.58488900  0.41505100  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.99747300  0.81762500  0.64117800  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.62711800  0.46466300  0.16929700  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.97882900  0.88915900  0.91406600  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.68670300  0.41363400  0.65973300  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.99067600  0.93393200  0.33475000  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.38798700  0.12180800  0.82444200  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.01590700  0.73570100  0.14085700  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.37226200  0.20224200  0.33863900  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.29740700  0.20405600  0.57451500  1.0
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