There are just two polyhedra that will fulfill these conditions: the cuboctahedron and the icosidodecahedron (Diagram 3.3).
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Cuboctahedron
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Finnish
1 entries- kuboktaedri noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
French
1 entries- cuboctaèdre noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
German
3 entries- Kubo-Oktaeder noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
- Kuboktaeder noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
- Kubooktaeder noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
Italian
1 entries- cubottaedro noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
Japanese
1 entries- 立方八面体 noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
Korean
1 entries- 육팔면체 noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
Polish
1 entries- sześcio-ośmiościan noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
Russian
1 entries- кубоокта́эдр noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
Spanish
1 entries- cuboctaedro noun (polyhedron with 8 triangular and 6 square faces)
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In the case of perfect, symmetric L1₀ cuboctahedra, two of the (001)-surfaces have to be terminated completely with either iron or platinum.
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Octahedra are also needed to make the packing of square-sharing cuboctahedra space filling (Fig. 2.4(c)).
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2015, Ke Jiang, Antoliy O. Pinchuk, Chapter Two: Noble Metal Nanomaterials: Synthetic Routes, Fundamental Properties, and Promising Applications, Robert E. Camley, Robert L. Stamps (editors), Solid State Physics, Volume 66, Elsevier, page 151, Yang and coworkers have prepared Pt cuboctahedrons and cubes by reducing K₂PtCl₄ with H₂ generated in situ from the hydrolysis of NaBH₄ in the presence of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide as a surfactant [157,158].
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