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ccp showing octahedral holes in yellow and tetrahedral holes in purple. Right click to change view; left click to rotate (This may be viewed using the CHIME plugin) |
Cubic Close packing has layers ABCABC (blue, red, green, ...) A ccp unit cell contains 4 spheres. There are 4 octahedral holes per unit cell (yellow). There are 8 tetrahedral holes per cell (purple). Spin the structure to see where holes sit relative to layers. |
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