Material name Magnesium
Composition Mg
Chemical formula weight 24.31
System Hexagonal
Temperature (ºC) 25
a (Å), b (Å), c (Å) 3.2094(2) 3.2094(2) 5.2105(4) @
α (deg), β (deg), γ (deg) 90 90 120 @
Unit cell volume (Å3) 46.48
Calculated density (g/p3) 1.74
Z 2
Space group P63/mmc (No.194)
atom site g x/a y/b z/c B2)
Mg 2c 1 1/3 2/3 1/4  -
Comment The unit of lattice constants (a, b, and c) was converted from the x unit (xu) (reference data) to the angstrom (Å).

Reference: M.E. Straumanis, Journal of Applied Physics, 20, 726 (1949).