结构化学2课程.pptVIP

All M.C. Escher works (c) Cordon Art-Baarn-the Netherlands.All rights reserved. How do we describe crystalline solids ？— Lattice 2D example – Square lattice (sodium chloride, NaCl) Choice of origin is arbitrary - lattice points need not be atoms - but unit cell size should always be the same. This is also a unit cell - it doesn’t matter if you start from Na or Cl - or if you don’t start from an atom This is NOT a unit cell even though they are all the same - empty space is not allowed! In 2D, this IS a unit cellIn 3D, it is NOT Definitions1. The unit cell “The smallest repeat unit of a c