Crystals

Regular periodic arrangement of atoms in a lattice

Simple cubic

Face centered

cubic

fcc

From http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/sethna/Tweed/Cubic_Crystals.html

From http://www.jwave.vt.edu/crcd/farkas/lectures/structure/tsld001.htm

fcc unit cell

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