Materials Data on MgMnO3 by Materials Project

Abstract

MgMnO3 is Ilmenite structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg2+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form distorted MgO6 octahedra that share corners with nine equivalent MnO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and a faceface with one MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 42–60°. There are three shorter (2.03 Å) and three longer (2.20 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. Mn4+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with nine equivalent MgO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent MnO6 octahedra, and a faceface with one MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 42–60°. There is three shorter (1.93 Å) and three longer (1.95 Å) Mn–O bond length. O2- is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Mg2+ and two equivalent Mn4+ atoms.