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Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

This note covers the following topics: Bravais lattice, Atom positions, crystal directions and Miller indices, Description of crystal structures, Close packed structures: hexagonal close packing and cubic close packing, Coordination number, Octahedral and tetrahedral vacancies, Defects in crystalline solids.

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