Crystal (IMAGE)

Penn State

Crystal

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This is a figure showing the crystal structure of strontium vanadate (orange) and calcium vanadate (blue). The red dots are oxygen atoms arranged in 8 octohedra surrounding a single strontium or calcium atom. Vanadium atoms can be seen inside each octahedron.

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Lei Zhang, Penn State

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