Bravais lattices with Cubic symmetry
Bravais lattice is a lattice with translation symmetry which consists of
equivalent nodes. There are 14 different Bravais lattices in 3D. Only three
Bravais lattices with cubic symmetry are shown here.
Simple Cubic lattice
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Body Centered Cubic lattice.
a-Fe, Na, K, b-Ti have
this structure.
Face Centered Cubic lattice.
Cu, Au, Ag, Al, Pt, Pd have this structure.
3D Crystals models
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Real Crystal lattices
updated 21 October 2000