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Mg4Si7

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1074146 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg4Si7
MP-ID
mp-1074146
Elements
2
Sites
22
Density
2.3491
g/cm³
Volume
415.38
ų
Cell a
3.9967
Å
Cell b
8.4268
Å
Cell c
12.4659
Å
α Angle
84.10
°
β Angle
84.49
°
γ Angle
87.25
°
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
7.16 12.3477 30.9 (0,0,1)
10.56 8.3759 5.9 (0,1,0)
12.17 7.2732 5.6 (0,1,1)
13.35 6.6341 3.5 (0,1,-1)
16.98 5.2220 2.5 (0,1,2)
18.68 4.7508 1.2 (0,1,-2)
21.22 4.1880 14.7 (0,2,0)
21.59 4.1159 10.4 (0,0,3)
21.72 4.0908 4.2 (0,2,1)
22.86 3.8894 2.1 (1,0,1)
23.09 3.8521 8.0 (0,2,-1)
24.14 3.6868 2.1 (1,0,-1)
24.41 3.6462 1.6 (1,1,0)
24.48 3.6366 16.4 (0,2,2)
24.56 3.6242 21.9 (1,1,1)
25.03 3.5576 4.8 (0,1,-3)
25.16 3.5389 10.2 (1,-1,0)
25.51 3.4911 1.7 (1,0,2)
25.91 3.4384 19.6 (1,-1,1)
26.35 3.3822 22.2 (1,1,-1)
26.48 3.3666 14.9 (1,-1,-1)
26.77 3.3302 5.5 (1,1,2)
26.88 3.3170 3.4 (0,2,-2)
27.78 3.2111 1.6 (1,0,-2)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.17911
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.86626
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2384
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9114
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.88
ų
c/a Ratio
3.1191

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0011
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 · 0.636
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.364
Interstitial Fraction
0.636
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.527
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Si · 0.636

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1074146
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg4Si7 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1074146, 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_Mg4Si7
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.99670500
_cell_length_b   8.42678123
_cell_length_c   12.46590128
_cell_angle_alpha   84.10157454
_cell_angle_beta   84.49256903
_cell_angle_gamma   87.24662499
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg4Si7
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si14'
_cell_volume   415.38383984
_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  0.17009000  0.94380900  0.02858400  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.26204000  0.29609900  0.46843200  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.71346900  0.19485000  0.68038200  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.76863500  0.61078700  0.34686900  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.33150600  0.47540700  0.18601900  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.18861500  0.67015100  0.78800600  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.70558800  0.58895500  0.58829700  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.71425100  0.99299100  0.39203900  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.71882300  0.22051800  0.10801800  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.54870700  0.65238200  0.97559900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.72090900  0.89568300  0.86292100  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.04807500  0.48134800  0.99274900  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.22153100  0.75208800  0.45159500  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.20737600  0.96692500  0.57073000  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.15488600  0.30118100  0.85579900  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.71606400  0.74987800  0.14435200  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.20129100  0.12745300  0.21239000  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.65146700  0.15713500  0.92182100  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.20074700  0.40674400  0.67108500  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.82518700  0.30360200  0.31550000  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.24314700  0.84274500  0.25867100  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.69133600  0.87293700  0.67654100  1.0
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