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What is a crystal lattice?

What is a crystal lattice? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (crystallography) A regular three-dimensional geometric arrangement of atoms, molecules or ions in a crystal
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No two of these arrangements were alike, and the pattern did not repeat itself over a long range like an ordinary crystal lattice.
For example, certain spots in a crystal lattice may remain vacant, or a lattice may have an unequal number of anion and cation sites.
Crystallographers describe the repeating unit of a crystal lattice, the unit cell, by the length of its edges and angles between them.
This zero intensity point is equivalent to a dislocation on a crystal lattice.
The next step was therefore to check that only one crystal phase was present and to determine the crystal lattice.
This crystalline structure is an orderly arrangement of ions known as a crystal lattice.

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