(a) Potassium reacts with C 60 (Fig. 4.16) to give a compound in which all the octahedral...

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(a) Potassium reacts with C60 (Fig. 4.16) to give a compound in which all the octahedral and tetrahedral holes are filled by potassium ions. Derive a stoichiometry for this compound. 

(b) The reaction of C60 with excess potassium yields a material that has a body-centred arrangement of C60 molecules with two potassium ions along each unit cell edge; calculate the stoichiometry of this compound.


Figure 4.16.

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Inorganic Chemistry

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