Structures of Simple Solids
Table of Contents
Introduction
Closest-packed Structures
Simple Cubic Metals
Body-centered Cubic Metals
Face-centered Cubic Metals
Diamond
Sodium Chloride
Cesium Chloride
Calcium Fluoride
Cubic Zinc Sulfide
Potassium Oxide
Closest-packed Structures
Cubic- and Hexagonal-closest Packed Structures
Tetrahedra and Octahedra in Closest Packed Structures
Tetrahedral, Octahedral,and Cubic Holes
Simple Cubic Metals
The Extended SC Metal Structure
SC Unit Cell Models
How a SC Metal's Unit Cell Shares Atoms
Nearest Neighbors in SC Metals
Body-centered Cubic Metals
The Extended BCC Metal Structure
BCC Unit Cell Models
How a BCC Metal's Unit Cell Shares Atoms
Nearest Neighbors in BCC Metals
Face-centered Cubic Metals
The Extended FCC Metal Sructure
FCC Unit Cell Models
How a FCC Metal's Unit Cell Shares Atoms
Nearest Neighbors in FCC Metals
Diamond
The Extended Diamond Structure
Diamond Unit Cell Models
Nearest Neighbors in Diamond
NaCl
The Extended NaCl Structure
NaCl Unit Cell Models
How a Sodium Chloride Unit Cell Shares Atoms
Alternate NaCl Unit Cells
Nearest Neighbors in Sodium Chloride
CsCl
The Extended CsCl Structure
CsCl Unit Cell Models
Alternate CsCl Unit Cells
Nearest Neighbors in Cesium Chloride
CaF
2
The Extended CaF
2
Structure
CaF
2
Unit Cell Models
Nearest Neighbors in Calcium Fluoride
Cubic ZnS
The Extended ZnS Structure
ZnS Unit Cell Models
Alternate ZnS Unit Cells
Nearest Neighbors in Zinc Sulfide
K
2
O
The Extended K
2
O Structure
K
2
O Unit Cell Models
Nearest Neighbors in Potassium Oxide
Talitha M. Selby, Illene L. Kelly, William R. Robinson
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
