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Title: Materials Data on MgAl2O4 by Materials Project

Abstract

MgAl2O4 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent AlO6 octahedra. There are four shorter (2.03 Å) and two longer (2.06 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Al3+ sites. In the first Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form AlO4 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgO6 octahedra and corners with six equivalent AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–57°. There is two shorter (1.79 Å) and two longer (1.85 Å) Al–O bond length. In the second Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra. There is two shorter (1.90 Å) and four longer (1.97 Å) Al–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Mg2+ and two Al3+ atoms. Inmore » the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-38307
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; MgAl2O4; Al-Mg-O
OSTI Identifier:
1207504
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1207504

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on MgAl2O4 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1207504.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on MgAl2O4 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1207504
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on MgAl2O4 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1207504. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1207504. Pub date:Sun May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020
@article{osti_1207504,
title = {Materials Data on MgAl2O4 by Materials Project},
author = {The Materials Project},
abstractNote = {MgAl2O4 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent AlO6 octahedra. There are four shorter (2.03 Å) and two longer (2.06 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Al3+ sites. In the first Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form AlO4 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgO6 octahedra and corners with six equivalent AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–57°. There is two shorter (1.79 Å) and two longer (1.85 Å) Al–O bond length. In the second Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent AlO6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra. There is two shorter (1.90 Å) and four longer (1.97 Å) Al–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Mg2+ and two Al3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms.},
doi = {10.17188/1207504},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {5}
}