Quadratic Elongation: A Quantitative Measure of Distortion in Coordination Polyhedra

7 May 1971

journal article
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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 172 (3983) , 567-570
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3983.567

Abstract

Quadratic elongation and the variance of bond angles are linearly correlated for distorted octahedral and tetrachedral coordination complexes, both of which show variations in bond length and bond angle. The quadratic elongation is dimensionless, giving a quantitative measure of polyhedral distortion which is independent of the effective size of the polyhedron.

Keywords

EFFECT SIZE