Erbium(III) chloride hexahydrate also forms monoclinic crystals with the point group ofP2/n (P2/c) -C42h. In this compound, erbium is octa-coordinated to form[Er(H2O)6Cl2]+ ions with the isolatedCl− completing the structure.[6]
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