DOI: 10.17188/1742530
title: Materials Data on Mg9Si5 by Materials Project

description: Mg9Si5 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eighteen inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.72–3.03 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.70–3.06 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.71–3.11 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.72–2.90 Å. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.73–3.00 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a distorted tetrahedral geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.69–2.80 Å. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.84–3.06 Å. In the eighth Mg site, Mg is bonded to four Si atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing MgSi4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.69–2.81 Å. In the ninth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.65–3.20 Å. In the tenth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.65–3.21 Å. In the eleventh Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.66–2.94 Å. In the twelfth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.73–2.90 Å. In the thirteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.69–2.95 Å. In the fourteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to four Si atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing MgSi4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.73–2.81 Å. In the fifteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.83–3.05 Å. In the sixteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.71–3.09 Å. In the seventeenth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.73–2.81 Å. In the eighteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Si atoms. There are a spread of Mg–Si bond distances ranging from 2.70–3.04 Å. There are ten inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to nine Mg and one Si atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.84 Å. In the second Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to eight Mg and one Si atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.61 Å. In the third Si site, Si is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to nine Mg and one Si atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.84 Å. In the fourth Si site, Si is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to six Mg and two Si atoms. In the fifth Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to eight Mg and one Si atom. The Si–Si bond length is 2.76 Å. In the sixth Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Mg atoms. In the seventh Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Mg atoms. In the eighth Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Mg atoms. In the ninth Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Mg atoms. In the tenth Si site, Si is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Mg and two Si atoms.