page_title: Electride
hierarchical_section_title: Electride
caption_attribution_description: Dr. Gregor Overney
context_page_description: An electride is an ionic compound in which an electron is the anion. Solutions of alkali metals in ammonia are electride salts. In the case of sodium, these blue solutions consist of [Na(NH₃)₆]⁺ and solvated electrons:
  Na + 6 NH₃ → [Na(NH₃)₆]⁺, e⁻
  The cation [Na(NH₃)₆]⁺ is an octahedral coordination complex.
context_section_description: An electride is an ionic compound in which an electron is the anion. Solutions of alkali metals in ammonia are electride salts. In the case of sodium, these blue solutions consist of [Na(NH₃)₆]⁺ and solvated electrons: 
  Na  +  6 NH₃  →   [Na(NH₃)₆]⁺,e⁻
  The cation [Na(NH₃)₆]⁺ is an octahedral coordination complex.
caption: Cavities and channels in an electride
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