Platinum - ₇₈Pt: crystal structures

Space group: Fm-3m
Space group number: 225
Structure: ccp (cubic close-packed)
Cell parameters:
- a: 392.42 pm
- b: 392.42 pm
- c: 392.42 pm
- α: 90.000°
- β: 90.000°
- γ: 90.000°

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The closest Pt-Pt separation is 277.5 pm implying a platinum metallic radius of 139 pm.

References

Y. Waseda, K. Hirata, and M. Ohtani, High Temp. High Pressures, 1975, 7, 221.