Bismuth Iodide - BiI3

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 		BiI3 has a common structural arrangement shared by many halides of the transition metals with formula MX3. It has a hexagonal close packed array of iodide ions with Bi(III) sitting in 1/3 of the octahedral sites and between adjacent layers of I's.
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Complexes that adopt this structure include..
TiCl3, TiBr3, CrBr3, FeCl3, FeBr3.
Information is available to show how the individual structural pages were created.
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