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Mg6Si5

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1073996 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg6Si5
MP-ID
mp-1073996
Elements
2
Sites
22
Density
2.3441
g/cm³
Volume
405.56
ų
Cell a
5.2973
Å
Cell b
5.4027
Å
Cell c
14.5825
Å
α Angle
83.07
°
β Angle
79.59
°
γ Angle
83.32
°
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
6.19 14.2676 29.7 (0,0,1)
12.41 7.1338 12.2 (0,0,2)
16.61 5.3380 10.4 (0,1,0)
17.13 5.1760 2.5 (0,1,1)
18.66 4.7559 3.3 (0,0,3)
19.17 4.6290 2.2 (1,0,-1)
19.73 4.5000 1.2 (0,1,2)
22.31 3.9856 1.6 (1,1,1)
25.55 3.4859 1.3 (1,-1,1)
27.51 3.2427 2.7 (1,0,-3)
28.65 3.1163 3.0 (0,1,4)
31.35 2.8535 9.1 (0,0,5)
31.56 2.8351 2.1 (0,1,-4)
32.17 2.7826 2.7 (1,-1,-3)
32.44 2.7603 7.4 (1,1,-3)
33.18 2.7002 5.2 (1,0,5)
33.52 2.6733 2.5 (0,2,1)
33.58 2.6690 1.2 (0,2,0)
34.08 2.6305 6.7 (2,0,1)
34.59 2.5928 8.8 (2,0,0)
34.66 2.5880 12.2 (0,2,2)
34.76 2.5809 14.7 (2,0,2)
34.78 2.5792 10.6 (1,-1,4)
34.97 2.5662 2.6 (1,1,5)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.14240
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.21300
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2313
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.2453
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.43
ų
c/a Ratio
2.7528

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0025
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000010
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Mg · 0.545
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.455
Interstitial Fraction
0.455

Traditional Material Features

TRA
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.698
Family
Mg-based Alloy
Matrix Element
Mg · 0.545

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1073996
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6Si5 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1073996, 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_Mg6Si5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.29729100
_cell_length_b   5.40269991
_cell_length_c   14.58250070
_cell_angle_alpha   83.06572123
_cell_angle_beta   79.59123374
_cell_angle_gamma   83.32276466
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6Si5
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg12 Si10'
_cell_volume   405.56429532
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
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  0.50837200  0.18541600  0.92099400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.53739000  0.83884000  0.51531700  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.84843100  0.99580600  0.31772500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.98739700  0.67521500  0.66083400  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.38592600  0.01796400  0.70603700  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.27621700  0.11346400  0.15400500  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.30331900  0.25021700  0.36217600  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.93998800  0.18827200  0.55084600  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.07037000  0.87391000  0.89838400  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.81411600  0.87422700  0.11297100  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.94058700  0.38297600  0.00854400  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.40039800  0.64331000  0.04285300  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.48780900  0.50911100  0.70313000  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.07590300  0.70190900  0.46749200  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.68637000  0.38749000  0.18965800  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.63605400  0.70515700  0.84900300  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.42427300  0.35090300  0.53828800  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.75817700  0.45912500  0.39707300  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.38917100  0.75694200  0.32102400  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.84261800  0.14074600  0.74298900  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.08066300  0.38890300  0.81972500  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.10275600  0.56360400  0.22441500  1.0
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