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In chemistry, crystallography, and materials science, the coordination number, also called ligancy, of a central atom in a molecule or crystal is the number of atoms, molecules or ions bonded to it. The ion/molecule/atom surrounding the central ion/molecule/atom is called a ligand. This number is determined somewhat differently for molecules ...
Coordination number (CN) is the number of nearest neighbors of a central atom in the structure. [1] Each sphere in a cP lattice has coordination number 6, in a cI lattice 8, and in a cF lattice 12. Atomic packing factor (APF) is the fraction of volume that is occupied by atoms. The cP lattice has an APF of about 0.524, the cI lattice an APF of ...
In condensed matter physics and inorganic chemistry, the cation-anion radius ratio can be used to predict the crystal structure of an ionic compound based on the relative size of its atoms. It is defined as the ratio of the ionic radius of the positively charged cation to the ionic radius of the negatively charged anion in a cation-anion compound.
Coordinates in square brackets such as [100] denote a direction vector (in real space). Coordinates in angle brackets or chevrons such as <100> denote a family of directions which are related by symmetry operations. In the cubic crystal system for example, <100> would mean [100], [010], [001] or the negative of any of those directions.
A crystal structure is defined as the spatial distribution of the atoms within a crystal, usually modeled by the idea of an infinite crystal pattern. An infinite crystal pattern refers to the infinite 3D periodic array which corresponds to a crystal, in which the lengths of the periodicities of the array may not be made arbitrarily small.
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Because of the symmetry of cubic crystals, it is possible to change the place and sign of the integers and have equivalent directions and planes: Coordinates in angle brackets such as 100 denote a family of directions that are equivalent due to symmetry operations, such as [100], [010], [001] or the negative of any of those directions.
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