Mg5Si6 — Properties & Data | MatWorld

Mg5Si6

ceramic

· JVASP-98811· Mg5Si6

Mg5Si6 is an intermetallic ceramic compound in the magnesium-silicon system, representing a hard brittle phase that forms in Mg-Si alloys. While not widely used as a primary engineering material, this phase is encountered in magnesium alloy metallurgy where it acts as a strengthening precipitate or constituent; it is primarily of interest in research contexts exploring lightweight structural alloys and thermal management applications that leverage magnesium's low density combined with ceramic reinforcement.

magnesium alloy developmentprecipitation strengthening researchlightweight structural compositeshigh-temperature alloy phasesthermal conductivity enhancementmaterials characterization studies

Compliance & Regulations

?Conflict Free?RoHS?REACH?TSCA?Prop 65

Units:

si imperial

Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	2.395	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.1961	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	0.04904	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Regulatory Screening

Environmental

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Mg5Si6

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Regulatory Screening

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