The compound described by MgFe3Co5O16 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Mg(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), and one O(5) atom to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Fe(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-50°. There are three inequivalent Fe sites. In the first Fe site, Fe(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form distorted FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 46°. In the second Fe site, Fe(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the third Fe site, Fe(3) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-51°. There are five inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-55°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-51°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-55°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Fe(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-48°. In the fifth Co site, Co(5) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-55°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Co(2), and one Co(4) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(3) atom to form corner-sharing OMgFeCo2 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(3) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(4) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(3), one Co(2), and one Co(4) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Fe(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Co(5) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(2) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(2), one Co(4), and one Co(5) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMgFeCo2 trigonal pyramids. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(3), one Co(4), and one Co(5) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMgFeCo2 trigonal pyramids. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(4) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(5) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(5) atom. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Co(3), and one Co(5) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_MgFe3Co5O16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.806
_cell_length_b   5.811
_cell_length_c   8.906
_cell_angle_alpha   90.038
_cell_angle_beta   92.088
_cell_angle_gamma   120.083
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   259.741
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Mg  Mg0  1  0.644  0.821  0.952  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.684  0.841  0.250  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.830  0.658  0.693  1.0
  Fe  Fe3  1  0.829  0.172  0.695  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.182  0.842  0.205  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.317  0.659  0.481  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.182  0.340  0.206  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.323  0.162  0.702  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.681  0.340  0.986  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.169  0.822  0.597  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.050  0.525  0.324  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.349  0.674  0.106  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.045  0.022  0.317  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.977  0.991  0.809  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.167  0.349  0.597  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.462  0.957  0.352  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.462  0.505  0.353  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.342  0.171  0.106  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.641  0.821  0.591  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.524  0.475  0.847  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.526  0.048  0.847  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.651  0.323  0.587  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.838  0.674  0.101  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.952  0.476  0.847  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.838  0.164  0.101  1.0
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The compound described by MgFe3Co5O16 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Mg(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), and one O(5) atom to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Fe(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-50°. There are three inequivalent Fe sites. In the first Fe site, Fe(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(16), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form distorted FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 46°. In the second Fe site, Fe(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(11), one O(13), one O(15), and one O(5) atom to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the third Fe site, Fe(3) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(13), one O(15), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-51°. There are five inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-55°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-51°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(16), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-55°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(5), and one O(6) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Fe(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-48°. In the fifth Co site, Co(5) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(14), one O(15), one O(16), and one O(9) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-55°. There are sixteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Co(2), and one Co(4) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(3) atom to form corner-sharing OMgFeCo2 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(3) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(4) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(3), one Co(2), and one Co(4) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Fe(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Co(5) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(2) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(2), one Co(4), and one Co(5) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMgFeCo2 trigonal pyramids. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(3), one Co(4), and one Co(5) atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OMgFeCo2 trigonal pyramids. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(4) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Co(1), and one Co(5) atom. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Co(5) atom. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Co(3), and one Co(5) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_MgFe3Co5O16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.806
_cell_length_b   5.811
_cell_length_c   8.906
_cell_angle_alpha   90.038
_cell_angle_beta   92.088
_cell_angle_gamma   120.083
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   259.741
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Mg  Mg0  1  0.644  0.821  0.952  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.684  0.841  0.250  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.830  0.658  0.693  1.0
  Fe  Fe3  1  0.829  0.172  0.695  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.182  0.842  0.205  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.317  0.659  0.481  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.182  0.340  0.206  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.323  0.162  0.702  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.681  0.340  0.986  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.169  0.822  0.597  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.050  0.525  0.324  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.349  0.674  0.106  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.045  0.022  0.317  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.977  0.991  0.809  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.167  0.349  0.597  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.462  0.957  0.352  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.462  0.505  0.353  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.342  0.171  0.106  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.641  0.821  0.591  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.524  0.475  0.847  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.526  0.048  0.847  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.651  0.323  0.587  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.838  0.674  0.101  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.952  0.476  0.847  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.838  0.164  0.101  1.0
[/CIF]
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