“…The anhydrous phase is obtained only in vacuum and is stable in a narrow temperature range. Such anhydrous compounds arising from the dehydration of related hydrated alkaline salts were reported from TG studies, but they were not structurally characterized (37,(40)(41) Ce(NO ) can now be mentioned. Indeed, the infinite chains of Ce icosahedra parallel to [100] in the structure of the precursor are parallel to [010] in that of the anhydrous salt.…”