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Magnesium 5: the AB representation of the unit cell

The structure to the left shows that the unit cell takes up two neighbouring segments of the six segments within the A layer hexagonal structure. One of these segments contains an atom from the B layer. Remember that the A and B layers are equivalent.

The remaining magnesium pages take a more advanced approach. The next page shows the hexagonal channels within the magnesium structure.

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