“…The same structure is adopted by other MB6 compounds (M = Sr, Ba, and Rare Earths). 12 Among them, LaB6 is well-known by its application as anticathode electron emitter in electron microscopes. In addition the isostructural compounds KB6 and SiB6 have also been reported 13,14 with unit cell parameters quite close to those of the other compounds, so that the nature of the M atoms does not seem decisive in stabilizing the MB6 structure, represented in Figures 1 and 2.…”