The Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP) crystal structure is one of the most common ways for atoms to arrange themselves in metals. The HCP crystal structure is based on the Bravais lattice of the same...
Category: Crystallography
The Body-Centered Cubic (BCC) crystal structure is one of the most common ways for atoms to arrange themselves in metals. The BCC crystal structure is based on the Bravais lattice of the same name,...
Perhaps the most common crystal structure is Face-Centered Cubic (FCC). The crystal structure is based on the Bravais lattice of the same name, with a single atom at each lattice point on the...
The simplest unit cell is Simple Cubic (SC). This crystal structure is just a cube with an atom on each corner. The simple cubic unit cell may also be called “primitive cubic” and thus...
Crystals are materials that have a repeating arrangement of atoms. Single crystals, like gemstones, have a single grain so the periodic array of atoms is never interrupted. Polycrystals, like metal,...
Bravais lattices are the basic lattice arrangements. All other lattices can simplify into one of the Bravais lattices. Bravais lattices move a specific basis by translation so that it lines up to an...
