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Potassium oxide (K₂O)

anti-fluorite · Fm-3m (225)

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The anti-fluorite framework: oxide ions occupy the fcc sites that calcium takes in fluorite, while potassium ions fill all the tetrahedral holes — the cation/anion roles of fluorite reversed. Each O²⁻ is surrounded by eight K⁺.

Structure

Prototypeanti-fluorite
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupFm-3m (225)
Latticea = 6.436 Å
Anglesall 90°

Also crystallizes this way

Li2ONa2OK2SRb2O