Cubic Close Packing
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  1. This structure uses octahedra
    This structure uses tetrahedra
    This structure uses dodecahedra

  2. One layer (red)
  3. Another layer (green)
  4. Two layers
  5. Another layer (yellow)
  6. Three layers
  7. Four layers
  8. Show cube (blue)
  9. Octahedral holes (purple)
  10. Octahedral holes
  11. Tetrahedral holes (gray)
  12. Tetrahedral holes
  13. Tetrahedral holes
  14. Octahedral and tetrahedral holes
  15. Tetrahedral holes
  16. Tetrahedral holes
  17. Tetrahedral holes
  18. All atoms
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    Elements with the same cubic close-packed structure (packing layers only) include Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, Al, In, Pb, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and Ac.

    Many structures can be viewed as cubic close-packed layers with occupied tetrahedral or octahedral holes between layers:
    Pa Tb Oc Ta Pb Tc Oa Tb Pc Ta Ob Tc Pa

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 June 29, 2016 .