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. 2009 Sep 3;109(12):6858–6919. doi: 10.1021/cr900053k

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Bond-valence−bond-length curve illustrating the distortion theorem by showing how the average bond length increases from 2.56 to 2.62 Å as the valences of two hypothetical bonds change from 0.2 vu to 0.1 and 0.3 vu, that is, at constant bond valence sum.