Magnesium diiodide, MgI2

Michael A. Brogan; Alexander J. Blake; Claire Wilson; Duncan H. Gregory

doi:10.1107/S0108270103025769

Magnesium diiodide, MgI₂

Michael A. Brogan, Alexander J. Blake, Claire Wilson, Duncan H. Gregory

Department of Advanced Device Materials

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Abstract

The crystal growth of magnesium diiodide (MgI₂) was analyzed. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were used for solving the crystal structure of the compound. MgI₂ was found isostructural with CdI ₂. The van der Waals interlayer gap between hexagonally close-packed I_- ions was considered an important feature of magnesium diiodide. The structure of diiodide was also analyzed as the structure, built from layers of MgI₆ octahedra. Each octahedron shared edges with six adjacent identical units within each MgI₂ layer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	i136-i138
Journal	Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications
Volume	59
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270103025769
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2003

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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