The crystal structure described by Mg2Si crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. There are two inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to four equivalent Si(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing MgSi4 tetrahedra. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Si(1) atoms. Si(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Mg(1) and five equivalent Mg(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Mg2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.193
_cell_length_b   4.193
_cell_length_c   6.872
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   120.832
_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  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.500  0.000  0.358  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.000  0.500  0.642  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.500  0.000  0.746  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.000  0.500  0.254  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Mg2Si crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. There are two inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to four equivalent Si(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing MgSi4 tetrahedra. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Si(1) atoms. Si(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Mg(1) and five equivalent Mg(2) atoms. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Mg2Si
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   4.193
_cell_length_b   4.193
_cell_length_c   6.872
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   120.832
_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  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.500  0.000  0.358  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.000  0.500  0.642  1.0
  Si  Si4  1  0.500  0.000  0.746  1.0
  Si  Si5  1  0.000  0.500  0.254  1.0
[/CIF]
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