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Mg6Si5

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1074007 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg6Si5
MP-ID
mp-1074007
Elements
2
Sites
22
Density
2.1697
g/cm³
Volume
438.17
ų
Cell a
4.0660
Å
Cell b
7.1721
Å
Cell c
15.2483
Å
α Angle
81.75
°
β Angle
85.09
°
γ Angle
87.26
°
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
5.88 15.0425 100.0 (0,0,1)
11.77 7.5213 29.9 (0,0,2)
12.48 7.0933 7.1 (0,1,0)
13.03 6.7934 1.8 (0,1,1)
14.53 6.0948 7.6 (0,1,-1)
17.69 5.0142 1.1 (0,0,3)
18.36 4.8335 1.9 (0,1,-2)
20.21 4.3949 1.2 (0,1,3)
21.95 4.0485 9.1 (1,0,0)
22.28 3.9899 7.0 (1,0,1)
23.11 3.8483 2.2 (0,1,-3)
23.20 3.8335 3.4 (1,0,-1)
23.66 3.7606 4.6 (0,0,4)
24.80 3.5908 2.7 (1,1,1)
25.11 3.5466 3.4 (0,2,0)
25.20 3.5337 1.4 (0,1,4)
25.73 3.4628 2.1 (1,-1,0)
25.81 3.4520 3.1 (1,0,-2)
26.07 3.4184 4.2 (1,1,2)
26.24 3.3967 6.2 (0,2,2)
26.41 3.3748 1.2 (1,-1,-1)
26.41 3.3743 2.1 (1,-1,1)
26.45 3.3703 1.0 (1,1,-1)
26.62 3.3488 4.0 (0,2,-1)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.14359
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.21181
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2325
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.2441
eV/atom
Volume/atom
19.92
ų
c/a Ratio
3.7502

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0036
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
Mg · 0.545
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.455
Interstitial Fraction
0.455
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.697
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-1074007
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg6Si5 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1074007, 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   4.06602200
_cell_length_b   7.17209237
_cell_length_c   15.24825080
_cell_angle_alpha   81.74947038
_cell_angle_beta   85.09146420
_cell_angle_gamma   87.26036182
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg6Si5
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg12 Si10'
_cell_volume   438.16698279
_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  0.79638700  0.99076500  0.93212000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.63080700  0.53823800  0.49038800  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.05002300  0.65234800  0.63963500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.18017800  0.39367700  0.35076600  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.73635900  0.44746200  0.17018000  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.83571200  0.53327900  0.92218700  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.12698100  0.21362900  0.57271700  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.14418300  0.87122500  0.42371600  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.27927900  0.70486700  0.03861200  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.29538300  0.25779600  0.83384100  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.28311200  0.25743800  0.03588500  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.73885700  0.94999500  0.13316300  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.65573100  0.17348000  0.44916300  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.58362800  0.89124200  0.55194700  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.85584900  0.08657100  0.74742300  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.19686200  0.14128200  0.21801400  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.68950800  0.70898300  0.31490300  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.59822200  0.37615900  0.66722000  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.51134500  0.60214400  0.77313200  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.21944700  0.72128100  0.21863000  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.67006900  0.06398100  0.30819100  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.42200600  0.92045900  0.70454700  1.0
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