Quadratic Elongation: A Quantitative Measure of Distortion in Coordination Polyhedra

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Quadratic elongation and the variance of bond angles are linearly correlated for distorted octahedral and tetrachedral corrdination complexes, both of which show variations in bond length and bond angle. The quadratic elongation is dimensionless, giving a quantitative measure of polyhedral disortion which is independent of the effective size of the polyhedron.

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X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena Crystal Structures and Properties

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Published in: Science

Volume 172, Issue 3983, pp. 567-570

DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3983.567

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Quadratic Elongation: A Quantitative Measure of Distortion in Coordination Polyhedra

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