Thallium - 81Tl: crystal structures
- Space group: P63/mmc
- Space group number: 194
- Structure: hcp (hexagonal close-packed)
- Cell parameters:
- a: 345.66 pm
- b: 345.66 pm
- c: 552.48 pm
- α: 90.000°
- β: 90.000°
- γ: 120.000°
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References
H. Lipson, Nature, 1941, 148, 437.