Concepts

Bravais lattice, crystal structure

Overview

This is a complete set of ball-and-stick crystal models for all 14 Bravais lattices in 3D.

Details

Equipment

• [1] Primitive cubic model
• [1] Body-centred cubic model
• [1] Face-centred cubic model
• [1] Rhombohedral model
• [1] Hexagonal model
• [1] Primitive tetragonal model
• [1] Body-centred tetragonal model
• [1] Primitive orthorhombic model
• [1] Base-centred orthorhombic model
• [1] Body-centred orthorhombic model
• [1] Face-centred orthorhombic model
• [1] Primitive monoclinic model
• [1] Base-centred monoclinic model
• [1] Triclinic model

Script

This is largely a show-and-tell demo. You select which models you want to highlight. Students may find it useful to be able to handle the models personally, which is great for a small class.

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