Structure of Solid

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Classsification of solids
• 3 Symmetry and Crystal System
  • 3.1 Seven Crystal Systems
• 4 The Space Lattice and Unit Cell
• 5 The Fourteen Bravais Lattices
• 6 Classification of crystals on the basis of bond type
  • 6.1 Ionic solids:
  • 6.2 Metallic solids
  • 6.3 Covalent solids
  • 6.4 Molecular solids
• 7 The close packing of spheres
• 8 Structure of Metallic Crystals
  • 8.1 Cubic close packed (face centered cubic)
  • 8.2 Hexagonal close packed
  • 8.3 Body Centered Cubic
  • 8.4 Some Other Characteristics
• 9 Interstitial sites in close packed lattices
• 10 Ionic Solids
  • 10.1 The Sodium Chloride structure
  • 10.2 The Zinc Blende structure
  • 10.3 The Wurtzite structure
  • 10.4 The CaF2 (fluorite) structure
  • 10.5 The Cesium Chloride structure
  • 10.6 Summary on structure of ionic solids
• 11 Ionic Radii
• 12 The Radius Ratio Rule
• 13 Lattice Energy in Ionic Solids
• 14 The Born-Haber Cycle
• 15 defect Structures in Crystals