Materials Data on HfMg30SbO32 by Materials Project

Mg30HfSbO32 is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-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 SbO6 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 1.88–2.25 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent HfO6 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 2.10–2.20 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.12 Å) and two longer (2.20 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.15 Å) and four longer (2.17 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. 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 HfO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one SbO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 4–13°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.27 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–5°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.19 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 SbO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–14°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.21 Å. 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 HfO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–4°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.23 Å. Hf is bonded to six O atoms to form HfO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SbO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (1.98 Å) and four longer (2.15 Å) Hf–O bond lengths. Sb is bonded to six O atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent HfO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.37 Å) and four longer (2.47 Å) Sb–O bond lengths. There are eleven inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Sb atom to form distorted OMg5Sb octahedra that share corners with six OHfMg5 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Sb octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. In the second O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Hf atom to form OHfMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Sb octahedra and edges with twelve OHfMg5 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 a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.19 Å. In the fifth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Sb atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OMg5Sb octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. There are a spread of O–Mg bond distances ranging from 1.88–2.21 Å. In the sixth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are two shorter (2.12 Å) and two longer (2.19 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 equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Sb octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–6°. In the eighth O site, O is bonded to four equivalent Mg, one Hf, and one Sb atom to form distorted OHfMg4Sb octahedra that share corners with six OHfMg4Sb octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Sb octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–10°. In the ninth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OHfMg4Sb octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Sb octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–10°. In the tenth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the eleventh O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. The O–Mg bond length is 2.18 Å.