Bi2Mg crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. Mg(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten equivalent Bi(1) atoms. Bi(1) is bonded to five equivalent Mg(1) and seven equivalent Bi(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, corner, and face-sharing BiMg5Bi7 cuboctahedra.
Bi2Mg crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. Mg(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten equivalent Bi(1) atoms. There are a spread of Mg(1)-Bi(1) bond distances ranging from 3.39-3.48 Å. Bi(1) is bonded to five equivalent Mg(1) and seven equivalent Bi(1) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, corner, and face-sharing BiMg5Bi7 cuboctahedra. There are a spread of Bi(1)-Bi(1) bond distances ranging from 3.24-3.54 Å.