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Mg4Si7

传统材料 TRA

MP-ID: mp-1074228 · Space group: P-1 (#2)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg4Si7
MP-ID
mp-1074228
Elements
2
Sites
22
Density
2.3547
g/cm³
Volume
414.40
ų
Cell a
4.2407
Å
Cell b
6.7591
Å
Cell c
14.7933
Å
α Angle
81.41
°
β Angle
81.78
°
γ Angle
85.88
°
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
13.27 6.6743 44.1 (0,1,0)
13.80 6.4157 6.9 (0,1,1)
18.36 4.8317 2.8 (0,0,3)
21.20 4.1915 1.6 (1,0,0)
21.26 4.1789 14.5 (1,0,1)
22.86 3.8898 7.3 (1,0,-1)
23.04 3.8597 1.3 (1,0,2)
24.06 3.6984 16.0 (1,1,1)
24.21 3.6755 2.4 (0,1,-3)
24.57 3.6238 1.2 (0,0,4)
25.20 3.5342 8.3 (1,1,2)
25.67 3.4699 2.2 (1,-1,0)
26.18 3.4037 11.7 (1,-1,1)
26.28 3.3913 1.4 (0,1,4)
26.40 3.3755 20.6 (1,1,-1)
26.55 3.3572 3.7 (0,2,1)
26.64 3.3460 8.8 (1,-1,-1)
28.09 3.1767 3.9 (1,-1,2)
28.27 3.1563 11.0 (0,2,-1)
29.54 3.0238 46.3 (1,1,-2)
29.66 3.0117 14.3 (0,1,-4)
30.04 2.9749 21.9 (1,0,-3)
30.33 2.9469 15.8 (0,2,3)
30.84 2.8990 1.4 (0,0,5)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
0.17139
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-3.87398
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.2306
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-3.9192
eV/atom
Volume/atom
18.84
ų
c/a Ratio
3.4884

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0008
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
0.532
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-1074228
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Mg4Si7 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1074228, 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   4.24068800
_cell_length_b   6.75906551
_cell_length_c   14.79324621
_cell_angle_alpha   81.40976297
_cell_angle_beta   81.77950625
_cell_angle_gamma   85.87887986
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Mg4Si7
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mg8 Si14'
_cell_volume   414.40248989
_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  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.59144700  0.88091000  0.35127200  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.40855300  0.11909000  0.64872800  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.63531000  0.97830500  0.83793700  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.36469000  0.02169500  0.16206300  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.51959200  0.32774100  0.42305400  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.48040800  0.67225900  0.57694600  1.0
  Si  Si8  1  0.54295400  0.27988200  0.94022100  1.0
  Si  Si9  1  0.45704600  0.72011800  0.05977900  1.0
  Si  Si10  1  0.17690000  0.42866500  0.05395300  1.0
  Si  Si11  1  0.82310000  0.57133500  0.94604700  1.0
  Si  Si12  1  0.93240700  0.35589700  0.55545800  1.0
  Si  Si13  1  0.06759300  0.64410300  0.44454200  1.0
  Si  Si14  1  0.60340200  0.61857400  0.21439200  1.0
  Si  Si15  1  0.39659800  0.38142600  0.78560800  1.0
  Si  Si16  1  0.92927800  0.82739900  0.68221100  1.0
  Si  Si17  1  0.07072200  0.17260100  0.31778900  1.0
  Si  Si18  1  0.80706700  0.27531100  0.17883400  1.0
  Si  Si19  1  0.19293300  0.72468900  0.82116600  1.0
  Si  Si20  1  0.91057900  0.46666700  0.70290300  1.0
  Si  Si21  1  0.08942100  0.53333300  0.29709700  1.0
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