Solid State - Chapter 7

Crystalline Solids Lab

Identify unit cells, packing efficiencies, and lattice systems through interactive drills.

Ch 1: Nomenclature Ch 4: Bonding

Session mode

Adaptive mode
Rigor mode

Focus

  • Unit cell identification
  • Atom counting per cell
  • Packing efficiency
  • Bravais lattice families

Rules of the lattice

  • Simple cubic: 1 atom, CN 6, 52% packing.
  • Body-centered cubic: 2 atoms, CN 8, 68% packing.
  • Face-centered cubic: 4 atoms, CN 12, 74% packing.

Cubic unit cells

Cubic unit cell types

Close packing

Cubic close packing
Unit Cell ID Cubic

Identify the unit cell

Use the figure to decide the lattice.

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