Crystalline Solids
Introduction
Cubic Close Packing
Hexagonal Close Packing
Holes in Lattices
Examples
Tetrahedral Holes
Wurtzite
(ZnS)
Sphalerite
(ZnS)
Antifluorite
(K
2
O)
Fluorite
(CaF
2
)
Cristobalite
(SiO
2
)
CuFeS
2
Octahedral Holes
Rock Salt
(NaCl)
Nickel Arsenide
(NiAs)
Cadmium Chloride
(CdCl
2
)
Cadmium Iodide
(CdI
2
)
Perovskite
(CaTiO
3
)
Rutile (TiO
2
)
Rhenium oxide (ReO
3
)
Complex Structures
Alumina
(Al
2
O
3
)
Spinel
()
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Cation (Al)
Anion1 (O)
Anion2 (O)
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