# 10 node tetrahedral element

**URL:** <https://community.freefem.org/t/10-node-tetrahedral-element/1371>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 7, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/10-node-tetrahedral-element/1371 "2021-12-07T15:15:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![distractor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@distractor](https://community.freefem.org/u/distractor)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/10-node-tetrahedral-element/1371/1 "2021-12-07T15:15:15Z")

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Does FreeFem++ support the 10 node tetrahedral elements  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/freefem/original/1X/678c45c1062ae780e86348b6c603fefa80e81e2b.png)  
or only the simple 4 node tetrahedrons  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/freefem/original/1X/7159800e1a3278d3967b9b5ea0fa44093058926d.png)

If yes, what are they? The `P2b` or something else?

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**Author:** ![prj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@prj](https://community.freefem.org/u/prj)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.freefem.org/t/10-node-tetrahedral-element/1371/2 "2021-12-07T16:43:14Z")

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Yes, it’s simply `P2`.