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Molybdenum: crystal structures

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₄₂Mo

Available molybdenum properties...

Space group: Im-3m
Space group number: 229
Structure: bcc (body-centred cubic)
Cell parameters:
- a: 314.7 pm
- b: 314.7 pm
- c: 314.7 pm
- α: 90.000°
- β: 90.000°
- γ: 90.000°

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References

R. G. Ross and W. Hume-Rothery, J. Less-Common Metals, 1963, 5, 258.