CsCl Vital Statistics | |
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Formula | CsCl |
Crystal System | Cubic |
Lattice Type | Primitive |
Space Group | Pm3m, No. 221 |
Cell Parameters | a = 4.123 Å, Z=1 |
Atomic Positions | Cl: 0, 0, 0 Cs: 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 (can interchange if desired) |
Density | 3.99 |
Melting Point | 646 degrees C |
Alternate Names | none |
Isostructural Compounds |
NH4X, TlX (X = halide), CuZn (beta-brass), AgZn, LiHg, MgSr |
Fig. 1 A single unit cell of CsCl | Fig. 2 A 3x3x3 lattice of CsCl |
Fig. 3 The (111) plane of CsCl. | Fig. 4 The (100 plane of CsCl. |
Self-Study: Which set of planes contain the body center and the points (0,0,1), (1/2,0,1/2) and (0,1/2,1/2)?
Self-Study: What would a polyhedral representation of this structure look like?
Fig. 5 A single unit cell of CsCl. | Fig. 6 A 2x2x2 chunk of CsCl lattice. |
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