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Clathrate I crystal structure

 

Only the oxygen atoms are shown. This is the gas hydrate-I structure containing two dodecahedral (512) and six tetrakaidecahedral (51262) cavities per cubic unit cell.


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8 (2 ˣ 2 ˣ 2) unit cells

 






Twelve tetrakaidecahedral  cavities surrounding one dodecahedral cavity (connected by grey bonds).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This page was established in 2003 and last updated by Martin Chaplin on 22 September, 2022


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