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MgSi

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073852 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
MgSi
MP-ID
mp-1073852
Elements
2
Sites
12
Density
2.4157
g/cm³
Volume
216.08
ų
Cell a
5.2447
Å
Cell b
5.5048
Å
Cell c
7.7259
Å
α Angle
78.88
°
β Angle
87.27
°
γ Angle
80.90
°
Space Group
P-1
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
11.68 7.5796 5.8 (0,0,1)
16.61 5.3386 26.4 (0,1,0)
20.60 4.3110 6.6 (1,0,1)
23.30 3.8179 3.6 (1,1,1)
28.95 3.0842 2.6 (1,0,2)
29.52 3.0263 2.4 (1,-1,1)
29.72 3.0064 6.9 (1,1,2)
31.41 2.8479 4.7 (0,1,-2)
33.06 2.7094 5.3 (1,-1,-2)
33.57 2.6693 29.4 (0,2,0)
34.65 2.5889 7.0 (2,0,0)
34.91 2.5701 3.4 (1,1,-2)
35.17 2.5518 4.1 (1,2,1)
35.41 2.5347 27.3 (1,2,0)
35.53 2.5265 59.1 (0,0,3)
36.19 2.4823 9.6 (2,1,0)
36.37 2.4703 65.0 (0,1,3)
36.48 2.4632 40.1 (2,0,1)
36.89 2.4369 42.6 (2,0,-1)
36.91 2.4354 30.6 (2,1,1)
37.04 2.4268 52.4 (1,-1,2)
37.38 2.4056 8.4 (0,2,2)
37.78 2.3814 2.9 (0,2,-1)
38.87 2.3167 42.1 (1,2,2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.12268
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.40521
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2041
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.4407
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.01
ų
c/a Ratio
1.4731

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0005
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
Mg · 0.500
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.500
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.698
Family
Mg-based Alloy
Matrix Element
Mg · 0.500

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1073852
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MgSi were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073852, 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_MgSi
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.24465700
_cell_length_b   5.50482197
_cell_length_c   7.72593900
_cell_angle_alpha   78.87641042
_cell_angle_beta   87.27346214
_cell_angle_gamma   80.89873513
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MgSi
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg6 Si6'
_cell_volume   216.07546783
_cell_formula_units_Z   6
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  0.05696900  0.78967000  0.88434400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.76604500  0.85098300  0.53389500  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.52615000  0.83306400  0.18407000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.94303100  0.21033000  0.11565600  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.23395500  0.14901700  0.46610500  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.47385000  0.16693600  0.81593000  1.0
  Si  Si6  1  0.58330000  0.63105500  0.86596100  1.0
  Si  Si7  1  0.05543800  0.65323100  0.26567500  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.29253700  0.63594600  0.55138900  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.94456200  0.34676900  0.73432500  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.41670000  0.36894500  0.13403900  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.70746300  0.36405400  0.44861100  1.0
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