Chemistry / Chem 1476 · Atom · ~20 seconds
The Unit Cell
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A unit cell is the smallest repeating structural unit whose repetition in three dimensions generates an entire crystal lattice.
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Stacking one cubic unit cell of a metal repeatedly in every direction reconstructs the metal's whole crystal structure.
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A unit cell's corner and edge particles are shared with neighbors — the count belonging to one cell is a fraction of what's drawn.