DOI: 10.17188/1748732
title: Materials Data on Mg14CuSiO16 by Materials Project

description: Mg14CuSiO16 is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-derived structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are seven inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CuO6 octahedra, corners with four MgO6 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 2.01–2.19 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SiO6 octahedra, corners with four MgO6 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 2.09–2.24 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CuO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SiO6 octahedra, and edges with eight MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–21°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.20 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.17 Å. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CuO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.16 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SiO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.16 Å. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one CuO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one SiO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–20°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.19 Å. Cu is bonded to six O atoms to form CuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CuO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent SiO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.48 Å. Si is bonded to six O atoms to form SiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CuO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent SiO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.80–2.13 Å. There are nine inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Cu atom to form OMg5Cu octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Cu octahedra and edges with ten OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. In the second O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Si atom to form OMg5Si octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Cu octahedra and edges with ten OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the third O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with ten OMg5Cu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to four Mg and two equivalent Cu atoms to form OMg4Cu2 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Cu2 octahedra and edges with eight OMg5Cu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the fifth O site, O is bonded to four Mg and two equivalent Si atoms to form OMg4Si2 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Cu2 octahedra and edges with eight OMg5Si octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the sixth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Cu2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Cu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the seventh O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Si2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Si octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the eighth O site, O is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four Mg, one Cu, and one Si atom. In the ninth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Cu octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°.