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Bravais Lattice


In 1850, Bravais demonstrated that crystals were comprised of 14 different types of unit cells: simple cubic, body-centered cubic, face-centered cubic; simple tetragonal, body-centered tetragonal; simple monoclinic, end-centered monoclinic; simple orthorhombic, body-centered orthorhombic, face-centered orthorhombic, end-centered orthorhombic; rhombohedral; hexagonal; and triclinic.


See also

Crystallographic Point Groups

This entry contributed by Ed Pegg, Jr. (author's link)

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References

Bodner, G. "Unit Cells." http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch13/unitcell.html.

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Bravais Lattice

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Pegg, Ed Jr. "Bravais Lattice." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BravaisLattice.html

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