data_1100080 _chemical_name_systematic 'Magnesium sulfate(IV) hexahydrate' _chemical_formula_structural 'Mg S O3 (H2 O)6' _chemical_formula_sum 'H12 Mg O9 S' _publ_section_title ; Neutron Diffraction Refinement of Magnesium Sulfite Hexahydrate, Mg Te, Mg S O~3~ (H~2~ O)~6~ ; loop_ _publ_author_name 'Anderson, L' 'Lindquist, O' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica C (39,1983-)' _journal_volume 40 _journal_year 1984 _journal_page_first 584 _journal_page_last 586 _cell_length_a 5.933(2) _cell_length_b 5.933(2) _cell_length_c 5.933(2) _cell_angle_alpha 96.28(2) _cell_angle_beta 96.28(2) _cell_angle_gamma 96.28(2) _cell_volume 204.8 _cell_formula_units_Z 1 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R 3 R' _symmetry_Int_Tables_number 146 _symmetry_cell_setting trigonal loop_ _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz 'x,y,z' 'y,z,x' 'z,x,y' loop_ _atom_type_symbol _atom_type_oxidation_number Mg2+ 2.000 S4+ 4.000 O2- -2.000 H1+ 1.000 loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_type_symbol _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity _atom_site_Wyckoff_symbol _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_attached_hydrogens _atom_site_calc_flag Mg1 Mg2+ 1 a 0. 0. 0. 1. 0 d S1 S4+ 1 a 0.5021(6) 0.5021(6) 0.5021(6) 1. 0 d O1 O2- 3 b 0.5598(3) 0.4826(3) 0.2565(3) 1. 0 d O2 O2- 3 b -0.3165(3) -0.1254(3) -0.0765(4) 1. 2 d O3 O2- 3 b 0.3288(3) 0.1464(3) -0.0496(3) 1. 2 d H1 H1+ 3 b -0.4523(5) -0.0624(5) 0.0258(6) 1. 0 d H2 H1+ 3 b -0.3632(5) -0.2635(5) 0.1408(6) 1. 0 d H3 H1+ 3 b 0.4036(5) 0.2737(5) 0.0651(5) 1. 0 d H4 H1+ 3 b 0.36722(5) 0.1930(5) -0.1956(5) 1. 0 d _refine_ls_R_factor_all 0.036