Table 3 The shortest distances between La–Mg, La–Ni, Mg–Ni, or/and La–H, Mg–H, Ni–H (in unit of Å) obtained from Charge density plots (Fig. 4) for LaMg2Ni, LaMg2NiH4.5 and LaMg2NiH7.

From: First-principles investigation of LaMg2Ni and its hydrides

Systems

La–Mg

La–Ni

Mg–Ni

La–H

Mg–H

Ni–H

LaMg2Ni

3.325

2.901

2.733

LaMg2NiH4.5

3.700

4.407

2.670

2.377

2.008

1.560

LaMg2NiH7

3.677

3.241

2.682

2.641

1.954

1.565