DOI: 10.17188/1653304
title: Materials Data on Mg14FeNiO16 by Materials Project

description: Mg14FeNiO16 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are nine 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 FeO6 octahedra, corners with four MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.08 Å) and four 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 two equivalent NiO6 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 2.12–2.14 Å. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with eight MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.14 Å. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å. In the fifth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å. In the sixth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are three shorter (2.13 Å) and three longer (2.14 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, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å. In the eighth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are three shorter (2.13 Å) and three longer (2.14 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the ninth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å. Fe2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.14 Å) and two longer (2.19 Å) Fe–O bond lengths. Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.11 Å) and four longer (2.14 Å) Ni–O bond lengths. There are ten inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Fe2+ atom to form OMg5Fe octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Fe octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Ni2+ atom to form OMg5Ni octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Fe octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Fe2+ atom to form OMg5Fe octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Fe octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.13 Å. 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 OMg5Fe octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Mg2+ and two equivalent Fe2+ atoms to form OMg4Fe2 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Fe2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Fe octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Mg2+ and two equivalent Ni2+ atoms to form OMg4Ni2 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Fe2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Fe2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Fe octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Ni2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Mg2+, one Fe2+, and one Ni2+ atom to form OMg4FeNi octahedra that share corners with six OMg4FeNi octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Fe octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4FeNi octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Fe octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°.