Californium - ₉₈Cf: crystal structures

• Space group: P63/mmc
• Space group number: 194
• Structure: hcp (hexagonal close-packed)
• Cell parameters:
  • a: 3.3800 pm
  • b: 3.3800 pm
  • c: 11.0250 pm
  • α: 90.000°
  • β: 90.000°
  • γ: 120.000°

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References

V. M. Radchenko, A. G. Seleznev, R. R. Droznik, L. S. Lebedeva, M.A.Ryabinin, V.D.Shushakov, V.Ya.Vasil'ev & V.T.Ermishev , Soviet Radiochemistry (Engl. Transl.), 1986, 28, 401.