Resources written by Chas McCaw for sixth form chemistry teaching and beyond.
General interest:
Graphite Buckminsterfullerene Ice White phosphorus Benzene Cyclohexane AdamantaneCubic:
Sodium Caesium chloride Polonium Copper Halite Fluorite Antifluorite Zinc blende DiamondNon-cubic:
Hexagonal:
Magnesium WurtziteTetragonal:
RutileTrigonal:
α-quartzTriclinic:
Copper(II) sulfateOrthorhombic:
α-SulfurMonoclinic:
β-SulfurWithin the diamond structure to the left a cube is drawn. This represents the so-called "unit cell". A unit cell contains all the information about the structure. The lattice can be generated by stacking unit cells next to each other side-by-side in a regular arrangement in three dimensions.
On the next page we see how stacking the unit cells of diamond produces the bulk structure.
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