Geometry of Crystals

Crystal: A solid composed of three-dimensional

periodic arrangement of atoms.
It’s a physical concept.
Lattice: Three-dimensional periodic
arrangement of points. It’s a geometrical
concept:
Some symmetry elements of a cube
Crystallographic Directions
Draw the following directions?
[111] , [133], [424], [110], [111], [101]

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Crystallographic Planes
Draw the following Planes?
(111), (133), (424),(110), (111), (101)
(101), (110), (011), (001), (100), (010)

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Linear and Planar Density

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Determine the miller Indices of the following
 Zone Axis
If the miller indices of two non-
parallel planes are (h1k1l1) and
(h2k2l3) then the indices of their
zone axis [uvw] are given by:
Interplanar Spacing
 Stereographic Projections
Concept: The orientation of any plane in a crystal can be just as well represented by
the inclination of the normal to that plane on a 3D sphere

Projection
on 2D

{100} poles of a cubic crystal