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1. Crystal
2. Lattice
3. Basis/Motif
4. 7 Crystal Systems
5. 14 Bravais Lattices
6. Miller Indices
Atomic Packing can broadly be divided into two
categories:
Crystalline Amorphous
Solids Solids
Regular arrangement Random arrangement
Regular arrangement
Or
An array of points in space such that every point has identical surroundings is called a
space lattice.
Lattice
Crystal
We will continue this discussion with the classification of lattices into 7 Crystal Systems
and 14 Bravais Lattices.
Reference Books
1. Materials Science and Engineering A First course - V. Raghavan
2. Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering - W.D. Callister
3. Introduction to Physical Metallurgy – Sidney H. Avner
4. Engineering Materials 1 and 2 - M. F. Ashby & D. R. H. Jones