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Structures of Metals
Unit Cells of Metals
Structures of Ionic Solids
Unit Cells of Ionic Solids
Describing Structures
The CsCl Structure
The Fluorite Structure
The NaCl Structure
The ZnS Structure
The Rutile Structure
The Tools Used Describing a Structure Unit Cell Dimensions
The Extended CsCl Structure The CsCl Unit Cell Drawing the CsCl Unit Cell An Alternate Unit Cell Coordination Numbers in CsCl Contents of the CsCl Unit Cell Self Tests with CsCl Ionic Radii in CsCl The CsCl Body Diagonal Calculating Ionic Radii in CsCl The CsCl Cell Dimension CsCl Summary
The Calcium Fluoride Structure The Fluorite Unit Cell Drawing a Fluorite Unit Cell Fluorite Coordination Geometries Contents of the Fluorite Cell Ionic Radii in Fluorite The Fluorite Unit Cell Edge
The Structure of NaCl The Extended Structure of NaCl The NaCl Unit Cell Drawing an NaCl Unit Cell The Alternate Cell for NaCl Two NaCl Unit Cells NaCl Coordination Geometries The Contents of the NaCl Unit Cell Self Tests with NaCl The Ionic Radii in NaCl Calculating Ionic Radii in NaCl NaCl Summary
The Zinc Blende Structure The Extended ZnS Structure The Zinc Blende Unit Cell Drawing a Zinc Blende Unit Cell Positions of the Zinc Ions An Alternate Description of ZnS The Two Zinc Blende Unit Cells ZnS Coordination Geometries The Contents of the ZnS Unit Cell The Ionic Radii in ZnS ZnS Summary
The Rutile Unit Cell The Coordination Geometry in Rutile An Alternate View of Rutile An Open View of Rutile