Materials Data on Mg149Hg by Materials Project

Mg149Hg is alpha Samarium-derived structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P-6m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are twenty-seven inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to eleven Mg and one Hg atom to form distorted MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, a faceface with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with nineteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.20 Å. The Mg–Hg bond length is 3.16 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, an edgeedge with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with seventeen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.18 Å) and six longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.18 Å) and four longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, an edgeedge with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with seventeen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.18–3.20 Å. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share a cornercorner with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with seventeen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are seven shorter (3.18 Å) and one longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.18 Å) and two longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to eleven Mg and one Hg atom to form distorted MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, a faceface with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with nineteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.16–3.20 Å. The Mg–Hg bond length is 3.16 Å. In the eighth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, an edgeedge with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with seventeen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Mg–Mg bond distances ranging from 3.17–3.19 Å. In the ninth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are three shorter (3.18 Å) and four longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the tenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.18 Å) and one longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the eleventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are five shorter (3.18 Å) and two longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the twelfth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. All Mg–Mg bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the thirteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, a faceface with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with nineteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are one shorter (3.17 Å) and two longer (3.18 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the fourteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, a faceface with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with nineteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (3.18 Å) and three longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the fifteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.18 Å) and five longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the sixteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are three shorter (3.18 Å) and five longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the seventeenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share a cornercorner with one HgMg12 cuboctahedra, corners with seventeen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra. There are three shorter (3.18 Å) and three longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the eighteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. All Mg–Mg bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the nineteenth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.18 Å) and one longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the twentieth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg12 cuboctahedra. All Mg–Mg bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the twenty-first Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. All Mg–Mg bond lengths are 3.18 Å. In the twenty-second Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (3.18 Å) and two longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the twenty-third Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (3.18 Å) and one longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the twenty-fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (3.18 Å) and one longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the twenty-fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. In the twenty-sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. There are two shorter (3.18 Å) and two longer (3.19 Å) Mg–Mg bond lengths. In the twenty-seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing MgMg12 cuboctahedra. Hg is bonded to twelve Mg atoms to form HgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, edges with eighteen MgMg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twenty MgMg11Hg cuboctahedra.