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Title: Materials Data on Mg2Si by Materials Project

Abstract

Mg2Si crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.75–3.12 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to four Si4- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MgSi4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.75–2.93 Å. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.75–2.98 Å. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to three Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.82–3.14 Å. There are two inequivalent Si4- sites. In the first Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to nine Mg2+ and one Si4- atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.47 Å. In the second Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to seven Mg2+ and one Si4- atom.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-1074641
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; Mg2Si; Mg-Si
OSTI Identifier:
1727469
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1727469

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on Mg2Si by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1727469.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Mg2Si by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1727469
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on Mg2Si by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1727469. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1727469. Pub date:Sun May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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abstractNote = {Mg2Si crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.75–3.12 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to four Si4- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MgSi4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.75–2.93 Å. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.75–2.98 Å. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to three Si4- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.82–3.14 Å. There are two inequivalent Si4- sites. In the first Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to nine Mg2+ and one Si4- atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.47 Å. In the second Si4- site, Si4- is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to seven Mg2+ and one Si4- atom.},
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