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Coordination number: Science, Experimental determination & Simple and commonplace cases

In chemistry, crystallography, and materials science, the coordination number, also called ligancy, of a central atom in a molecule or crystal is the number of atoms, molecules or ions bonded to it. The ion/molecule/atom surrounding the central ion/molecule/atom is called a ligand. This number is determined somewhat differently for molecules than for…

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Coordination number topic overview

The analysis highlights Science, Experimental determination and Simple and commonplace cases as prominent areas in the source structure around Coordination number.

Related topics
51
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
57
Extracted relationships
45
Related term clusters
19
Bridge connections
57

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Experimental determination · 22 topics
Simple and commonplace cases · 15 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Surfaces and reconstruction · 3 topics
Molecules, polyatomic ions and coordination complexes · 2 topics
Usage in quasicrystal, liquid and other disordered systems · 2 topics

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Overview

Molecules, polyatomic ions and coordination complexes

Simple and commonplace cases

Surfaces and reconstruction

Experimental determination

Usage in quasicrystal, liquid and other disordered systems

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How Coordination number connects Entity context

The extracted context around Coordination number shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Coordination number → Among, AuI, Ce, CeIV, Coordination, Frank, Kasper, Metals, NO3, One, PbHe2, Ph3PAuCl, ReH9, ReVII, Th, ThIV, Tipp, Tipp2C6H3Tl Another extracted example is Coordination number → Crystallography, International Union, IUCR, Pb-Cl, Pb2, PbCl2, Seven, Two. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Coordination number

Top relations

related to Simple and commonplace cases · 18
Coordination number → Among, AuI, Ce, CeIV, Coordination, Frank, Kasper, Metals, NO3, One, PbHe2, Ph3PAuCl, ReH9, ReVII, Th, ThIV, Tipp, Tipp2C6H3Tl
related to Complications · 8
Coordination number → Crystallography, International Union, IUCR, Pb-Cl, Pb2, PbCl2, Seven, Two
related to Polyhapto ligands · 6
Coordination number → C5H5, C8H8, Coordination, Fe, Normally, Various
related to Experimental determination · 4
Coordination number → Aluminium, Iron, Related, X-ray
related to Surfaces and reconstruction · 3
Coordination number → BCC, Miller, Often
related to Molecules, polyatomic ions and coordination complexes · 1
Coordination number → Alfred Werner
related to Usage in quasicrystal, liquid and other disordered systems · 1
Coordination number → Therefore

Important terminology

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Important terminology

coordination number atom atoms central nearest numbers ions neighbors ligands also molecules structure example pm ion called complexes molecule crystal

Coordination number relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 45 structured relationships around Coordination number. Examples in this analysis include the cyclopentadienide ion → instance of → For π-electron ligands and sodium chloride → instance of → giving a coordination number of 3.For chemical compounds with regular lattices. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
the cyclopentadienide ioninstance ofFor π-electron ligands0.80text
sodium chlorideinstance ofgiving a coordination number of 3.For chemical compounds with regular lattices0.80text
caesium chlorideinstance ofgiving a coordination number of 3.For chemical compounds with regular lattices0.80text
a count of the nearest neighbors gives a good picture of the environment of the ionsinstance ofgiving a coordination number of 3.For chemical compounds with regular lattices0.80text
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsInternational Union0.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsCrystallography0.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsIUCR0.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsPbCl20.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsPb20.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsSeven0.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsPb-Cl0.60section
Coordination numberrelated to ComplicationsTwo0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Coordination number bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Number, Numbers and Neighbors. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Coordination number
    • Number
    • Numbers
    • Neighbors
    • Nearest
    • Complexes
    • Defined
    • Common
    • Metal
    • Regular
    • Ligands
    • Crystallography
    • Crystal
  • atom
    • Number
    • Coordination
    • Atoms
    • Central
    • Neighbors
    • Surrounding
    • Polyhedron
    • Nearest
    • Crystallography
    • Molecule
    • Called
    • Distance
  • coordination number
    • Number
    • Numbers
    • Neighbors
    • Nearest
    • Complexes
    • Defined
    • Common
    • Metal
    • Regular
    • Ligands
    • Crystallography
    • Crystal
  • coordination complexes
    • Number
    • Metal
    • Numbers
    • Neighbors
    • Molecule
    • Nearest
    • Molecules
    • Complexes
    • Coordination
    • Defined
    • Ion
    • Common
  • molecules, polyatomic ions and coordination complexes
    • Number
    • Determined
    • Ions
    • Molecules
    • Chloride
    • Metal
    • Numbers
    • Molecule
    • Ion
    • Pm
    • Neighbors
    • Ligands
  • chemistry
    • Molecule
    • Molecules
    • Central
    • Ion
    • Ions
    • Bonded
    • Crystallography
    • Called
    • Crystal
    • Complexes
    • Defined
    • Atoms
  • computational chemistry
    • Molecule
    • Molecules
    • Central
    • Ion
    • Ions
    • Bonded
    • Crystallography
    • Called
    • Crystal
    • Complexes
    • Defined
    • Atoms
  • crystal
    • Crystallography
    • Molecule
    • Molecules
    • Close
    • Defined
    • Iron
    • Two
    • Structure
    • Ions
    • Neighbors
    • Nearest
    • Numbers

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Coordination number, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Coordination number with Experimental determination. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Coordination number — Experimental determination · splits 35 ⟂ 23
Coordination number — Simple and commonplace cases · splits 42 ⟂ 16
Coordination number — Overview · splits 50 ⟂ 8
Coordination number — Surfaces and reconstruction · splits 54 ⟂ 4
Coordination number — Molecules, polyatomic ions and coordination complexes · splits 55 ⟂ 3
Coordination number — Usage in quasicrystal, liquid and other disordered systems · splits 55 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Coordination number

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples45
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Coordination number to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Science, Experimental determination & Simple and commonplace cases, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Coordination number · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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