Unit Cells and Layer Sequences
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  • Click the chemical formula to display one unit cell. Expand shows a little more. To increase further change the number of unit cells in the display options.
  • For counting atoms within the unit cell, use display option "Ball&Stick" with "Unit cell faces" or "Sliced spacefill inside unit cell" where "Full interior" includes pieces that extend in from neighboring cells.
  • For layer sequences select "Layer slider" and drag slider or unselect and choose layers by z-coordinate.
Cubic
  
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   † †
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Body Centered Cubic
  
Face Centered Cubic
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Tetragonal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Orthorhombic
  
  
  
Hexagonal
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Monoclinic
  
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‡Body center is not identical to corner so cubic.
†Face is not identical to corner so cubic.
*High temperature (high symmetry) phase.
Radii from R. D. Shannon, Acta Cryst., A32, 751 (1976) and B. Cordero et. al., Dalton Trans. 21, 2832 (2008).
Calculated crystal data adapted from Materials Project.
This page created by George Lisensky, Beloit College. Last modified July 9, 2026.
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