Materials Data on Mg5In2 by Materials Project
Mg5In2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Ibam space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent In atoms. There are a spread of Mg–In bond distances ranging from 2.97–3.20 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent In atoms. All Mg–In bond lengths are 3.07 Å. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent In atoms. There are two shorter (2.97 Å) and two longer (3.11 Å) Mg–In bond lengths. In is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to ten Mg atoms.
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