DOI: 10.17188/1685819
title: Materials Data on CeMg14Fe by Materials Project

description: Mg14CeFe crystallizes in the monoclinic Pm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are ten inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Fe atoms to form distorted MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.31 Å. Both Mg–Fe bond lengths are 3.21 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Ce atoms to form distorted MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.07–3.38 Å. Both Mg–Ce bond lengths are 3.21 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Fe atoms to form distorted MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.29 Å. Both Mg–Fe bond lengths are 3.22 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Ce atoms to form distorted MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.07–3.35 Å. Both Mg–Ce bond lengths are 3.22 Å. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Fe atoms to form distorted MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.03 Å) and two longer (3.27 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. Both Mg–Fe bond lengths are 3.23 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Ce atoms to form distorted MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (3.11 Å) and four longer (3.35 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. Both Mg–Ce bond lengths are 3.23 Å. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to ten Mg, one Ce, and one Fe atom. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.11–3.32 Å. The Mg–Ce bond length is 3.32 Å. The Mg–Fe bond length is 2.97 Å. In the eighth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to ten Mg, one Ce, and one Fe atom. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.12–3.33 Å. The Mg–Ce bond length is 3.32 Å. The Mg–Fe bond length is 2.96 Å. In the ninth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to ten Mg, one Ce, and one Fe atom. Both Mg–Mg bond lengths are 3.23 Å. The Mg–Ce bond length is 3.32 Å. The Mg–Fe bond length is 2.96 Å. In the tenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form distorted MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra. Ce is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form CeMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, edges with six MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. Fe is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form FeMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent FeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with six MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve MgMg10Fe2 cuboctahedra.