Materials Data on CeMg14Si by Materials Project

Abstract

Mg14CeSi crystallizes in the hexagonal P-6m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are six inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Ce atoms to form MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.11–3.26 Å. Both Mg–Ce bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Si atoms to form distorted MgMg10Si2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen MgMg10Si2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.23 Å. Both Mg–Si bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Ce atoms to form MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgMg10Si2 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (3.16 Å) and four longer (3.23 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. Both Mg–Ce bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg, one Ce, and one Si atom to form distorted MgCeMg10Si cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgCeMg10Si cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, a faceface with one CeMg12 cuboctahedra, a faceface with one SiMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.15–3.22 Å. The Mg–Ce bond length is 3.23 Å. The Mg–Si bond length is 3.12 Å. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg, one Ce, and one Si atom to form distorted MgCeMg10Si cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgCeMg10Si cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, a faceface with one CeMg12 cuboctahedra, a faceface with one SiMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.15–3.22 Å. The Mg–Ce bond length is 3.23 Å. The Mg–Si bond length is 3.12 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgCeMg10Si cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. Ce is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form CeMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent MgMg10Si2 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra. Si is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form SiMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent SiMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve MgCe2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgCeMg10Si cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent CeMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eighteen MgMg10Si2 cuboctahedra.