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“The Miller indices would be the reciprocals of the fractional intersections.” 1 Why we want the reciprocal of fraction instead of the fraction directly? To get the answer, we need get to understand what reciprocal lattice is.

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Then we can find the three intersection of this plane on the unit cell vectors, a, b, c. To assign the Miller indices (h,k,l) to a certain set of parallel planes which are defined as a plane family, first we need to find the first plane next to the plane, passing through the origin. Miller indices and reciprocal lattice are essential to understanding the geometry of lattice planes and X-ray diffraction technique, because they are widely used to index the planes and orientations in crystallography and allow data handling in a simple and mathematical method.

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The space group belongs to orthorhombic crystal family. P indicated it is primitive structure and n, m, a stand for a diagonal glide plane, a mirror plane and a axial glide planes. For example, the NO.62 space group, Pnma is derived from D2h crystal class. Those space groups are generated from translations of related Bravais lattice and glide plane and/or scew axis of relative crystal classes. To be simplify, only the permissible rotation axises allow unit cells grow uniformly without any openings among them.Ģ30 space groups are combinations of 14 Bravais lattice and 32 crystal classes. The answer is crystallographic restriction, which means crystal system can only have 5 kinds of rotation axises: 1-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold and 6-fold. You may wonder why only 32 possible point group. Based on the three-dimension position of the atoms in the unit cell, we can divided the non-primitive lattice into three types: face centered (F), side centered (C), body centered (I) and based centered(R).īravais lattice is a “combination of lattice type and crystal systems” 1.And you can find a chart of examples of all the 14 Bravais lattice in outside link.ģ2 crystal classes refer to 32 crystallographic point group classfied by the possible symmetric operations, which are rotation, reflection and inversion. And all the other lattices are called non-primitive lattice. A primitive lattice (also defined as simple) is the lattice with the smallest possible atomic coordination number 2, e.g.wheneight atoms lie in the eight corners. If forget the shape of lattice and just consider the atoms' positions, we can divide the lattices into primitive lattices and non-primitive ones. That is how the 7 crystal systems generate.

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As the hexagonal family can have two different appearances, we can divide it into two systems which are trigonal lattice and hexagonal lattice. In crystallography, the basic possible classifications are: 6 crystal families, 7 crystal systems, 5 centering position, 14 Bravais lattices and 32 crystal classes.īased on the angles and the length of the axes sides, unit cell can be divided into 6 crystal families, which are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic. Some basic knowledge about crystallography is necessary for a well understanding of powder XRD technique. “Crystals are built up of regular arrangements of atoms in three dimensions these arrangements can be represented by a repeat unit or motif called the unit cell.” 2 In crystallography, all the crystal unit cells can be classied into 230 space groups.

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Sound diffraction curve radius