Materials Data on Mg2SiO4 by Materials Project
Mg2SiO4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Imma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra and edges with six MgO6 octahedra. There are four shorter (2.07 Å) and two longer (2.14 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. 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 six MgO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.12 Å. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent SiO4 tetrahedra, and edges with seven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 16°. There are two shorter (2.04 Å) and four longer (2.15 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with ten MgO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 47–61°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.65–1.72 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to three Mg2+ and one Si4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ atoms to form edge-sharing OMg5 square pyramids. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Mg2+ and two equivalent Si4+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to three Mg2+ and one Si4+ atom.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Contributing Organization:
- MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
- OSTI ID:
- 1263609
- Report Number(s):
- mp-5391
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: https://materialsproject.org/citing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Materials Data on Mg2SiO4 by Materials Project
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