Halite, NaCl
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  1. This structure uses octahedra
    and has a cubic unit cell

  2. Build an edge-shared octahedral layer Photo
  3. Build another octahedral layer
  4. Build a third octahedral layer
  5. Stack two octahedral layers
  6. Stack three octahedral layers Photo
  7. Add neighboring atoms
  8. Unit cells
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    Materials with the same crystal structure include AgBr, AgCl, AgF, BaO, BaS, BaSe, BaTe, CaO, CaS, CaSe, CaTe, CdO, CoO, CrN, CsF, CsH, KBr, KCl, KF, KH, KI, LiBr, LiCl, LiF, LiH, LiI, MgO, MgS, MgSe, MnO, MnS, MnS, NaBr, NaCl, NaF, NaH, NaI, NbC, NbO, NiO, PbS, PbSe, PbTe, PdH, RbBr, RbCl, RbF, RbH, RbI, ScAs, ScN, ScSb, SnAs, SnSb, SnSe, SnTe, SrO, SrS, SrSe, SrTe, TaC, TaO, TiC, TiN, TiO, VC, VN, YAs, YN, YTe, ZrB, ZrC, ZrN, ZrO, ZrP, and ZrS.

Developed in collaboration with the
University of Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Interdisciplinary Education Group   |   MRSEC on Nanostructured Interfaces
This page created by George Lisensky, Beloit College.  Last modified April 25, 2015 .