The red atom has a coordination number of six.
Click on the six atoms that are in the coordination sphere of the red atom.
The coordination number of an atom is the number of neighbors nearest to it.
Hexagonal Array
Only the atoms that are closest to the highlighted atom are in its coordination sphere. The distance between two atoms or ions is equal to the distance between their nuclei.
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