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Structures of Simple Solids

Table of Contents Closest-packed Structures Simple Cubic Body-centered Cubic Face-centered Cubic Diamond Sodium Chloride Cesium Chloride Calcium Fluoride Cubic Zinc Sulfide Potassium Oxide	Download Chime if you cannot see the rotating structure. Find out about Chime and how to use it .
Closest-packed Structures Cubic- and Hexagonal-closest Packed Structures Tetrahedra and Octahedra in Closest Packed Structures Tetrahedral, Octahedral, and Cubic Holes	NaCl Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models How a Sodium Chloride Unit Cell Shares Atoms The Extended NaCl Structure Alternate NaCl Unit Cells Coordination Spheres in Sodium Chloride
Simple Cubic The Extended SC Structure Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models How a Simple Cubic Unit Cell Shares Atoms Coordination in SC Structure	CsCl Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models The Extended CsCl Structure Alternate CsCl Unit Cells Coordination Spheres in Cesium Chloride
Body-centered Cubic The Extended BCC Structure Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models How a Body-centered Cubic Unit Cell Shares Atoms Coordination in BCC Structures	CaF₂ Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models The Extended CaF₂ Structure Coordination Spheres in Calcium Fluoride
Face-centered Cubic The Extended FCC Sructure Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models How a Face-centered Cubic Unit Cell Shares Atoms Coordination in FCC Structures	Cubic ZnS Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models The Extended ZnS Structure Alternate ZnS Unit Cells Coordination Spheres in Zinc Sulfide
_Diamond The Extended Diamond Structure Ball and Stick and Space-filling Models Coordination in Diamond	K₂O Ball And Stick and Space-filling Model The Extended K₂O Structure Coordination Spheres in Potassium Oxide

Talitha M. Selby, Illene Kelly, William R. Robinson,

Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN