Inorganic Solid Phases

MgSi(OH)6 (Mg0.5Si0.5[OH]3) Crystal Structure

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General Information

  • Phase Label(s): Mg0.5Si0.5[OH]3
  • Structure Class(es): –
  • Classification by Properties: –
  • Mineral Name(s): –
  • Pearson Symbol: oP16
  • Space Group: 62
  • Phase Prototype: Al[OH]3
  • Measurement Detail(s): automatic diffractometer (determination of cell parameters), automatic diffractometer; STOE STADI P (determination of structural parameters), X-rays, Cu Kα1 (determination of cell and structural parameters)
  • Phase Class(es): –
  • Compound Class(es): hydroxide
  • Interpretation Detail(s): complete structure determined, Rietveld refinement, multiphase, wRP = 0.093
  • Sample Detail(s): sample prepared from MgSiO3, electron microprobe analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, spectroscopy; Mg/Si ratio 0.98(6); Mg/Si ratio 1.02(6); 34(3) wt.% H2O; amounts of 10 Å phase (10 wt.%), powder (determination of cell and structural parameters)

Substance Summary

  • Standard Formula: Mg0.5Si0.5[OH]3
  • Alphabetic Formula: Mg0.5[OH]3Si0.5
  • Published Formula: MgSi(OH)6
  • Refined Formula: H3Mg0.50O3Si0.50
  • Wyckoff Sequence: 62,dca
  • Z Formula Units: 4
  • Density: ρ = 2.64 Mg·m−3
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Crystallographic Data

Cell Parameters

Published Data
Standardized Data
Unit Cell
Niggli-Reduced Cell
Space Group
a
b
c
α
β
γ
a/b
b/c
c/a
V

Atom Coordinates

Standardized

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation
Co-ord. No.
Atomic Env.

Published

Site
Element
Wyckoff Symbol
Symmetry
X
Y
Z
Occupation

Displacement Parameters

Isotropic

Site
Published
U [nm2]
Type
Computed
Beq [nm2]

Powder Pattern

published defraction line
d [Å]
computed diffraction line for Cu Kα
d [nm]
intensity
I [1]
h [1]
k [1]
l [1]
Radiation
Remark

Experimental Details

Reference

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  • Database name

    PAULING FILE Multinaries Edition – 2012

  • Dataset ID

    sd_1226187

  • Copyright

    ©Springer & Material Phases Data System (MPDS), Switzerland & National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, 2016

  • Chief Editor

    Pierre Villars, Material Phases Data System (MPDS), CH-6354 Vitznau, Switzerland

    villars.mpds@bluewin.ch

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    SpringerMaterials Release 2016.

    Data generated pre-2002: © Springer & MPDS & NIMS; post-2001: © Springer & MPDS

    All Rights Reserved. Version 2016.10.

    Project Coordinator: Shuichi Iwata

    Section-Editor: Karin Cenzual (Crystal Structures)

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