DOI: 10.17188/1674116
title: Materials Data on BaMg14NiO16 by Materials Project

description: BaMg14NiO16 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form BaO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent BaO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.45 Å. 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 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 2.11–2.25 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent BaO6 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 1.91–2.25 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 BaO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with eight MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.30 Å. In the fourth 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 0–4°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.25 Å. In the fifth 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 0–4°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.17–2.25 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 BaO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.31 Å. 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 BaO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.31 Å. In the eighth 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 BaO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–10°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.27 Å. Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent BaO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.91–2.26 Å. There are eleven inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Ni2+ atom to form OMg5Ni octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Ba2+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form OBaMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Ba2+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form OBaMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.26 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 OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Mg2+ and two equivalent Ni2+ atoms to form OMg4Ni2 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Ni2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Ba2+ and four Mg2+ atoms to form OBa2Mg4 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4Ni2 octahedra and edges with twelve OBaMg5 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 OMg4Ni2 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni 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 OBa2Mg4 octahedra and edges with twelve OBaMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Ba2+, four Mg2+, and one Ni2+ atom to form OBaMg4Ni octahedra that share corners with six OBaMg4Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OBaMg4Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OBaMg4Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are two shorter (2.11 Å) and two longer (2.25 Å) O–Mg bond lengths.