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John tellar distortion
« on: September 14, 2009, 12:16:16 PM »
configuration t2g 3 eg 0 doesn't go  under distortion . What is the reason behind it??what does degeneracy actually refer to??

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Re: John tellar distortion
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 10:13:53 AM »
Three electrons in the t2g orbitals is an unambiguous situation, because every oribtal is occupied by one electron. Thus, there is no need for a distortion of the system.

What you mean is incidentally not called "John tellar" but Jahn-Teller distortion.

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