What is a Coordination Polyhedron?

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Coordination Polyhedron:
The spatial arrangement of the ligands in a coordination complex are refer as a coordination polyhedron.
Coordination polyhedron mainly formed by the octahedral, square planar and tetrahedral complexes in a coordination complexes.
Example: ${N i (C O)}_{4}$ , $[Co {({NH}_{3})}_{6}]^{+ 3}$
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What is a Coordination Polyhedron?

Coordination Polyhedron:The spatial arrangement of the ligands in a coordination complex are refer as a coordination polyhedron.Coordination polyhedron mainly formed by the octahedral, square planar and tetrahedral complexes in a coordination complexes.Example: NiCO4, [Co(NH3)6]+3 ,