What is a crystal lattice? (1 Viewer)

[toprun91]

Alot of textbooks refer to a 'crystal lattice' and dont explain what it is. Does anyone know what it is?

 

[darkchild69]

A crystal lattice is a regularly repeated array of atoms

 

[darkchild69]

A crystal lattice is a regularly repeated array of atoms

 

[toprun91]

thanks to they have to be aligned in a grid?

 

[rama_v]

thanks to they have to be aligned in a grid?

The lattice is the grid.

 

[Cataclysm]

A crystal lattice is a 3-dimensional arrangement of atoms.