Materials Data on MgAgAsO5 by Materials Project
MgAgAsO5 crystallizes in the orthorhombic P2_12_12_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg2+ is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.08 Å. Ag3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ag–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.61 Å. As5+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of As–O bond distances ranging from 1.70–1.80 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ag3+ and one As5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one Mg2+ and one As5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Mg2+, one Ag3+, and one As5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Mg2+, one Ag3+, and one As5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Mg2+ and two equivalent Ag3+ atoms.