Materials Data on Mg3Sn2O7 by Materials Project
Mg3Sn2O7 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmc2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.15 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.02–2.75 Å. Sn4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–47°. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.13 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to three equivalent Mg2+ and one Sn4+ atom to form corner-sharing OMg3Sn tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg2+ and two equivalent Sn4+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Mg2+ and two equivalent Sn4+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Mg2+ and two equivalent Sn4+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OMg2Sn2 tetrahedra.