Solid State
Navigate through the different structure types below.
Basic Structures
Cubic close packed / Face-centred cubic (ccp/fcc)
Hexagonal close packed (hcp)
Simple cubic, Body-centred cubic (bcc) and related Primitive Caesium Chloride (CsCl) structure
Structures derived from close packing
Formula |
Type and fraction of sites occupied |
ccp |
hcp |
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AB |
All octahedral |
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1/2 tetrahedral (T+ or T-) |
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AB2 |
All tetrahedral |
(or Anti-Fluorite) |
Not Known |
AB3 |
1/3 octahedral (alternate layers 2/3 full/empty) |
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A2B |
1/2 octahedral (alternate layers) |
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1/2 octahedral (ordered framework) |
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A3B |
All octahedral and tetrahedral |
Not Known |
Advanced Structures
Rhenium trioxide (ReO3) and related Perovskite (CaTiO3)
Spinel (MgAl2O4) and related Inverse Spinel (Mg2TiO4)
