Crystalline Solids
Introduction
Cubic Close Packing
Hexagonal Close Packing
Holes in Lattices
  
Examples
Tetrahedral Holes
Wurtzite (ZnS)
Sphalerite (ZnS)
Antifluorite (K2O)
Fluorite (CaF2)
Cristobalite (SiO2)
CuFeS2
 
Octahedral Holes
Rock Salt (NaCl)
Nickel Arsenide (NiAs)
Cadmium Chloride (CdCl2)
Cadmium Iodide (CdI2)
Perovskite (CaTiO3)
Rutile (TiO2)
Rhenium oxide (ReO3)
 
Complex Structures
Alumina (Al2O3)
Spinel ()
      
 
 
 

The Cadmium Chloride Structure


Cadmium (Cd2+)
Chloride (Cl-) 
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