DOI: 10.17188/1263345
title: Materials Data on MgAl6O10 by Materials Project

description: MgAl6O10 is beta indium sulfide-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form MgO4 tetrahedra that share corners with eleven AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–67°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–2.00 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form MgO4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–63°. There is one shorter (1.92 Å) and three longer (1.96 Å) Mg–O bond length. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form MgO4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–62°. There is three shorter (1.93 Å) and one longer (1.99 Å) Mg–O bond length. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form MgO4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve AlO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–60°. There is one shorter (1.90 Å) and three longer (1.93 Å) Mg–O bond length. There are nineteen inequivalent Al3+ sites. In the first Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–64°. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.75–1.87 Å. In the second Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–60°. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.75–1.92 Å. In the third Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with six AlO4 tetrahedra and edges with five AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.80–2.13 Å. In the fourth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one MgO4 tetrahedra, corners with five AlO4 tetrahedra, and edges with four AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.81–2.06 Å. In the fifth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with five MgO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–1.96 Å. In the sixth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–59°. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.77–1.86 Å. In the seventh Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent MgO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, and edges with five AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.85–2.03 Å. In the eighth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with five MgO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–1.97 Å. In the ninth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with five MgO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.89–2.03 Å. In the tenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO4 tetrahedra and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There is three shorter (1.89 Å) and three longer (1.96 Å) Al–O bond length. In the eleventh Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–62°. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–1.86 Å. In the twelfth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with five MgO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.89–2.03 Å. In the thirteenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one MgO4 tetrahedra, corners with three AlO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–2.03 Å. In the fourteenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent MgO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–1.95 Å. In the fifteenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one MgO4 tetrahedra, corners with three AlO4 tetrahedra, and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–2.04 Å. In the sixteenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing AlO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–61°. There is one shorter (1.82 Å) and three longer (1.86 Å) Al–O bond length. In the seventeenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with five AlO4 tetrahedra and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.82–1.98 Å. In the eighteenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with five AlO4 tetrahedra and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.81–2.01 Å. In the nineteenth Al3+ site, Al3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra and edges with six AlO6 octahedra. There is three shorter (1.86 Å) and three longer (2.03 Å) Al–O bond length. There are thirty inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Al3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Mg2+ and two equivalent Al3+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Al3+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Al3+ atoms. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OMgAl3 trigonal pyramids. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 tetrahedra. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 trigonal pyramids. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 trigonal pyramids. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMgAl3 trigonal pyramids. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Al3+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OAl4 tetrahedra. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Al3+ atoms. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg2+ and three Al3+ atoms. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Al3+ atoms. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Al3+ atoms to form distorted edge-sharing OAl4 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OAl4 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms. In the twenty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three Al3+ atoms. In the thirtieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Al3+ atoms.