Materials Data on YMg14Mo by Materials Project
Mg14YMo crystallizes in the hexagonal P-6m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Y atoms to form MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent MoMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent YMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent YMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.10–3.30 Å. Both Mg–Y bond lengths are 3.21 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to ten Mg and two equivalent Mo atoms to form distorted MgMg10Mo2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent YMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with fourteen MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent MoMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eight MgMg10Mo2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent MoMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.24 Å. Both Mg–Mo bond lengths are 3.21 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to six Mg, one Y, and one Mo atom. Both Mg–Mg bond lengths are 3.22 Å. The Mg–Y bond length is 3.22 Å. The Mg–Mo bond length is 2.98 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with twelve MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent YMg12 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent MoMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra. Y is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form YMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent YMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent MgMg10Mo2 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent MoMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra. Mo is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MoMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent MoMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with twelve equivalent MgY2Mg10 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent MgMg10Mo2 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent YMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve MgMg10Mo2 cuboctahedra.