Inorganic Chemistry
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780321811059
Author: Gary L. Miessler, Paul J. Fischer, Donald A. Tarr
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.15P
Suppose an octahedron can have either yellow or blue faces.
a. What point groups are possible if exactly two faces are blue?
b. What points are possible if exactly three faces are blue?Now suppose the faces have four different colors.
c. What is the point group if pairs of opposite faces have identical colors?
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