Unit Cells and Centering
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Triclinic (P)
or
lattice
Monoclinic (P)
one face centered (C)
Hexagonal (P)
ZnS (wurtzite)
H
2
O(s)
One of each H-pair is randomly present.
centered (R)
Rhombohedral (P)
Orthorhombic (P)
body centered (I)
one face centered (A, C)
all faces centered (F)
Tetragonal (P)
body centered (I)
Cubic (P)
Po
CsCl
or
CsCl
Ni
3
Al
or
Cu
3
Au
ReO
3
BaTiO
3
or
CaTiO
3
body centered (I)
Fe
Cu
2
O
Cr
3
Si
all faces centered (F)
Cu
NaCl
or
NaCl
CaF
2
or
CaF
2
Cu
2
O
Li
2
O
or
Li
2
O
ZnS
or
ZnS
or
CuCl
Li
3
Bi
or
Li
3
Bi
or
BiF
3
Diamond
or
Si
NaTl
or
NaTl
SiO
2
(high T)
K
2
PtCl
6
Other
K
2
PtCl
4
(tetragonal)
C
6
H
6
(orthorhombic)
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This page created by George Lisensky, Beloit College.
Last modified August 23, 2022.
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