Charge transfer on the metallic atom-pair bond, and the crystal structures adopted by intermetallic compounds

Rajasekharan, T.; Seshubai, V.

doi:10.1107/S0108767311044151

Figure 1
The unit cell of MoSi₂-type (AB₂, tI8) compounds. The A atoms are shown as green and the B atoms are shown as red. Several A-B bonds of equal length can be seen in the prototype MoSi₂ compound.