The Structures of Crystals

by A.M. Glazer

The crystalline state is the most stable form of all solids and is very common in nature. This book discusses the structure of crystals and the ways in which they are described. The basic ideas of symmetry are introduced first. The lattice types which are possible are then examined and this leads to the fourteen Bravais lattices. There follows a careful treatment of the convolution operation and its applications to crystals and the calculation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852748256
• ISBN13: 9780852748251
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 250 Pages