Octaoxygen-from-xtal-3D-balls.png


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Ball-and-stick model of the octaoxygen molecule, O 8 , as found in solid ε-oxygen at 11.4 GPa.

X-ray crystallographic data from Hiroshi Fujihisa, Yuichi Akahama, Haruki Kawamura, Yasuo Ohishi, Osamu Shimomura, Hiroshi Yamawaki, Mami Sakashita, Yoshito Gotoh, Satoshi Takeya, and Kazumasa Honda ( 2006-08-26 ). " O8 Cluster Structure of the Epsilon Phase of Solid Oxygen ". Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 : 085503. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.085503 .

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4 August 2008