DOI: 10.17188/1701042
title: Materials Data on KHfMg30O31 by Materials Project

description: KMg30HfO31 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4mm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. K is bonded to five O atoms to form KO5 square pyramids that share corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with five MgO5 square pyramids, and edges with eight MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. There are four shorter (2.38 Å) and one longer (2.43 Å) K–O bond lengths. There are ten 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 MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent HfO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent KO5 square pyramids, edges with ten MgO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.24 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to five O atoms to form MgO5 square pyramids that share corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one KO5 square pyramid, corners with four equivalent MgO5 square pyramids, and edges with eight MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. There are one shorter (2.02 Å) and four longer (2.22 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with four MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids, edges with ten MgO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.19 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent HfO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.15 Å) and two longer (2.18 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one HfO6 octahedra, edges with eight MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one KO5 square pyramid, and edges with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–14°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.22 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 nine MgO6 octahedra, and edges with three MgO5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–4°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.18 Å. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to five O atoms to form MgO5 square pyramids that share corners with four MgO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one KO5 square pyramid, corners with four MgO5 square pyramids, and edges with eight MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–10°. There are two shorter (2.13 Å) and three longer (2.19 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the eighth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with four MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids, an edgeedge with one HfO6 octahedra, edges with nine MgO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–7°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.22 Å. In the ninth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with four MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO5 square pyramids, edges with ten MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one KO5 square pyramid, and an edgeedge with one MgO5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–9°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.18 Å. In the tenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one HfO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–7°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.23 Å. Hf is bonded to six O atoms to form HfO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.10 Å) and two longer (2.12 Å) Hf–O bond lengths. There are eleven inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with four OHfMg5 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the second O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Hf atom to form OHfMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OHfMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the third O site, O is bonded to one K and five Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OKMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the fifth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Hf atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OHfMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the sixth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–5°. In the seventh O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OKMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–5°. In the eighth O site, O is bonded to one K and five Mg atoms to form OKMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OHfMg5 octahedra and edges with eleven OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–10°. In the ninth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Hf atom to form OHfMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OHfMg5 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–10°. In the tenth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. In the eleventh O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OHfMg5 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°.