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Title: Materials Data on MgSiO3 by Materials Project

Abstract

MgSiO3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbcn space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted MgO6 octahedra that share corners with eight equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra and edges with three equivalent MgO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.50 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra and edges with five MgO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.17 Å. Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with seven MgO6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–68°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.69 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Mg2+ and two equivalent Si4+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Mg2+ and one Si4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge andmore » corner-sharing OMg3Si trigonal pyramids. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Mg2+ and one Si4+ atom.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-644879
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Collaborations:
MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Keywords:
crystal structure; MgSiO3; Mg-O-Si
OSTI Identifier:
1280486
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1280486

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on MgSiO3 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1280486.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on MgSiO3 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1280486
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on MgSiO3 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1280486. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1280486. Pub date:Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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title = {Materials Data on MgSiO3 by Materials Project},
author = {The Materials Project},
abstractNote = {MgSiO3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbcn space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted MgO6 octahedra that share corners with eight equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra and edges with three equivalent MgO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.50 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra and edges with five MgO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.17 Å. Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with seven MgO6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–68°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.69 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Mg2+ and two equivalent Si4+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Mg2+ and one Si4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMg3Si trigonal pyramids. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Mg2+ and one Si4+ atom.},
doi = {10.17188/1280486},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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