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Tetrahedral Holes

  • QuickTime animation of tetrahedral holes.

  • The red atoms appear in tetrahedral holes between 4 yellow atoms.

  • The coordination number of the red atom is 4.

  • The radius of the sphere in the tetrahedral hole is 0.225 relative to a value of 1.000 for each of the four spheres forming the hole.