Materials Data on Mg5Pb by Materials Project

Abstract

Mg5Pb crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Mg5Pb sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. there are five inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to two equivalent Pb atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MgPb2 cuboctahedra. Both Mg–Pb bond lengths are 3.29 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to two equivalent Pb atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MgPb2 cuboctahedra. Both Mg–Pb bond lengths are 3.29 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Pb atom. The Mg–Pb bond length is 3.25 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to two equivalent Pb atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MgPb2 cuboctahedra. Both Mg–Pb bond lengths are 3.26 Å. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Pb atoms. There are one shorter (3.18 Å) and two longer (3.24 Å) Mg–Pb bond lengths. Pb is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to ten Mg atoms.