Cadmium - ₄₈Cd: crystal structures

Space group: P63/mmc
Space group number: 194
Structure: hcp (hexagonal close-packed)
Cell parameters:
- a: 297.94 pm
- b: 297.94 pm
- c: 561.86 pm
- α: 90.000°
- β: 90.000°
- γ: 120.000°

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References

D. A. Edwards, W. E. Wallace, and R. S. Craig, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 5256.