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Materials Data on MgAlH5 by Materials Project

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1719537· OSTI ID:1719537
MgAlH5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic C222_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg2+ is bonded to six H1- atoms to form MgH6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent MgH6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent AlH6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one AlH6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 41–57°. There are a spread of Mg–H bond distances ranging from 1.86–2.02 Å. Al3+ is bonded to six H1- atoms to form AlH6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlH6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgH6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one MgH6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 41–57°. There are a spread of Al–H bond distances ranging from 1.68–1.79 Å. There are three inequivalent H1- sites. In the first H1- site, H1- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mg2+ and one Al3+ atom. In the second H1- site, H1- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Mg2+ and one Al3+ atom. In the third H1- site, H1- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent Al3+ atoms.
Research Organization:
LBNL Materials Project; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Contributing Organization:
The Materials Project; MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1719537
Report Number(s):
mp-1104429
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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