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Magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2: Mr = 58.3, trigonal, P
m1, a = 3.148 (1), c = 4.779 (2) Å, V = 41.015 Å3, Dx = 2.36 g cm−3 at room temperature; a = 3.145 (1), c = 4.740 (2) Å, V = 40.602 Å3, Dx = 2.39 g cm−3 at 70 K; Z = 1, λ = 0.8330 (5) Å, μ = 1.78 cm−1, F(000) = 9.503 fm; final R = 2.42, wR = 2.40, S = 3.22 for 82 unique reflections at room temperature; R = 1.84, wR = 1.82, S = 2.54 for 81 unique reflections at 70 K. Refinements have been carried out using anisotropic thermal coefficients for all atoms. To interpret the very large thermal motion of the H atom, subsequent refinements have been carried out with an anharmonic model and with a three-site split-atom model, and results are compared with those previously reported for Ca(OH)2. By comparing the interatomic distances O
O, H
H and H
O in the interlayer spacing of Mg(OH)2 and Ca(OH)2, as well as their temperature dependence, the nature and the strength of interlayer interactions in both compounds are discussed.
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