DOI: 10.17188/1745788
title: Materials Data on Mg30MnCdO32 by Materials Project

description: Mg30MnCdO32 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CdO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.17 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.09 Å) and four longer (2.15 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CdO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.02 Å) and four longer (2.16 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fifth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one MnO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one CdO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–5°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.16 Å. In the sixth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are four shorter (2.14 Å) and two longer (2.15 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the seventh Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one MnO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are two shorter (2.14 Å) and four longer (2.15 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the eighth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one CdO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.17 Å. Mn2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.18 Å) and two longer (2.20 Å) Mn–O bond lengths. Cd2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CdO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.26 Å) and two longer (2.27 Å) Cd–O bond lengths. There are twelve inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Mn2+ atom to form OMg5Mn octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Mn octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Mn octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Cd2+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg5Cd octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Mn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Mn2+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg5Mn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Mn2+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg5Mn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are two shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.15 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Cd2+ atom to form OMg5Cd octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Mn octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. The O–Mg bond length is 2.03 Å. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Cd2+ atom to form OMg5Cd octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Mn octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. There are one shorter (2.03 Å) and four longer (2.16 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Cd octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Cd2+ atom to form OMg5Cd octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Mn octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.16 Å. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Cd2+ atom to form OMg5Cd octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Mn octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. All O–Mg bond lengths are 2.16 Å.