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Mg4Si7

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1074178 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg4Si7
MP-ID
mp-1074178
Elements
2
Sites
22
Density
2.3986
g/cm³
Volume
406.82
ų
Cell a
4.0190
Å
Cell b
7.1236
Å
Cell c
14.4138
Å
α Angle
95.48
°
β Angle
97.29
°
γ Angle
92.49
°
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
12.45 7.1115 13.6 (0,0,2)
12.50 7.0798 5.0 (0,1,0)
13.39 6.6126 3.7 (0,1,-1)
16.75 5.2945 14.5 (0,1,-2)
18.56 4.7796 1.2 (0,1,2)
21.47 4.1392 7.3 (0,1,-3)
22.34 3.9802 5.2 (1,0,0)
22.39 3.9711 10.3 (1,0,-1)
23.63 3.7658 3.4 (0,1,3)
24.00 3.7083 7.2 (1,0,1)
24.14 3.6863 7.0 (1,0,-2)
25.04 3.5562 1.9 (1,-1,0)
25.16 3.5399 3.1 (0,2,0)
25.30 3.5203 1.5 (0,2,-1)
25.41 3.5052 3.6 (1,-1,-1)
26.03 3.4232 3.3 (1,1,-1)
26.23 3.3972 2.9 (1,-1,1)
26.30 3.3889 1.7 (1,1,0)
26.56 3.3559 12.1 (0,2,1)
26.89 3.3160 7.3 (0,1,-4)
26.97 3.3063 2.9 (0,2,-2)
27.08 3.2933 10.5 (1,0,2)
27.28 3.2688 21.5 (1,-1,-2)
27.29 3.2677 9.4 (1,0,-3)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.16456
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.88081
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2238
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9260
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.49
ų
c/a Ratio
3.5864

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0001
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
0.536
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-1074178
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg4Si7 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1074178, 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   4.01901900
_cell_length_b   7.12364394
_cell_length_c   14.41384121
_cell_angle_alpha   95.48017584
_cell_angle_beta   97.28755240
_cell_angle_gamma   92.49350322
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg4Si7
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si14'
_cell_volume   406.81767397
_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  0.16059900  0.18888700  0.93450500  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.95110700  0.35441100  0.50603400  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.36108600  0.17251900  0.36173600  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.53695300  0.56577300  0.64980700  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.12678300  0.58719100  0.82672400  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.60920100  0.47271100  0.11629000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.44409300  0.63775600  0.41999600  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.47897200  0.04704000  0.57846300  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.69558500  0.46051100  0.93762200  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.62133500  0.79413900  0.96391300  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.16752800  0.84406200  0.05940600  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.20059000  0.16281400  0.12194600  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.00344100  0.74175300  0.55640600  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.90455400  0.96539800  0.44207400  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.74887700  0.15347100  0.21600500  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.55865700  0.94133100  0.81463000  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.02538200  0.25938700  0.68698200  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.18485700  0.68064100  0.21316500  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.89255200  0.44560200  0.31722800  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.56755000  0.28353600  0.78788300  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.01867600  0.90158000  0.71363600  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.73793500  0.84310700  0.27909300  1.0
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