DOI: 10.17188/1737143
title: Materials Data on Mg30AlVO32 by Materials Project

description: Mg30VAlO32 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight 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 AlO6 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 2.11–2.26 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent VO6 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 2.11–2.16 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.12 Å) and four longer (2.15 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. All Mg–O bond lengths are 2.14 Å. 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 VO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one AlO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–8°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.15 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.15 Å. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one AlO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–7°. There are four shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.15 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 six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one VO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.15 Å. V is bonded to six O atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO6 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 (2.17 Å) and two longer (2.29 Å) V–O bond lengths. Al is bonded to six O atoms to form AlO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent VO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There is two shorter (1.98 Å) and four longer (2.01 Å) Al–O bond length. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Al atom to form OMg5Al octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Al octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are two shorter (2.14 Å) and one longer (2.26 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the second O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one V atom to form OMg5V octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Al octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5V octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the third O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Al octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.14 Å. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the fifth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one V atom to form OMg5V octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Al octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5V octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are two shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.15 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the sixth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Al octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are two shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.14 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. 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 OMg5V octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. All O–Mg bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the eighth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Al octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the ninth O site, O is bonded to four equivalent Mg, one V, and one Al atom to form OMg4AlV octahedra that share corners with six OMg4AlV octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Al octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the tenth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg4AlV octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5V octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the eleventh O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the twelfth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. All O–Mg bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the thirteenth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Al atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg5Al octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. In the fourteenth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. The O–Mg bond length is 2.12 Å. In the fifteenth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. The O–Mg bond length is 2.14 Å. In the sixteenth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are a spread of O–Mg bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å.