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Tag: fluorite structure

 A type of ionic crystal structure in which the cations have an expanded face-centered cubic arrangement with the anions occupy­ing both types of tetrahedral hole. The cations have a coordination number of 8 and the anions have a coordination number of 4. Examples of compounds with this structure are CaF2, BaCl2, and PbO2. The antifluorite

Akram Amir El Ali
January 4, 2014