Crystal Viewer
Crystal Viewer
This Demonstration gives insight into the crystal symmetries of five standard crystal symmetries of pure elements. These lattice symmetries are
1) simple cubic SC (e.g., polonium);
2) face-centered cubic FCC (e.g., copper);
3) body-centered cubic BCC (e.g., iron);
4) hexagonal closed-packed HCP (e.g., helium);
5) diamond DIA (e.g., silicon).
The direction defines a plane to which this direction is perpendicular. This plane is called the crystal plane . The three values , , and are often referred to as Miller indices.
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