ReO3

 

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Unit cell of ReO3

The ReO3 structure consists of a simple cubic array of Re6+ ions with O2- ions in the centre of each edge

All of the Re 6+ ions are 6-coordinate and the O2- ions are 2-coordinate.

The unit cell (shown on the right) contains 8x(1/8) Re6+ ions and 12x(1/4) O2- ions.

 

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