Stoichiometry = AX
Space Group = Pm3m
a = 2(rCs + rCl)/sqrt(3) [2.9-4.6 angstroms]
Atomic Positions
Cs
1a 0, 0, 0
Cl
1b 0.5,0.5,0.5
Coordination Numbers/Geometry
Cs/Cl
CN=8 Cubic coordination
Representative Compounds*
AX Halides
with large cations (10) - (AX, A=Cs, Tl, NH4; X=Cl, Br, I)
Intermetallics
(81) - (AlNi, CrAl, CoAl, CeMg, HgPr, ...)
*The numbers in parentheses are the number of compounds
of each type found
in "Structure and Properties of Inorganic Solids" by
Francis Galasso (1970).