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Point Groups and Bravais Lattices

The 32 crystallographic point groups are rendered by the Rayshade 3-D ray tracing program. Animated GIF movies and high resolution JPEG images may be downloaded and used to illustrate symmetries of the crystallographic point groups. The following article provides detailed information regarding the use of the three-dimensional point group renderings....

Keywords:: symmetry, group theory, crystallographic point groups, crystallography, point groups

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Science and Technology / Chemistry / Analytical

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Material Type:: Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:: February 23, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:: January 16, 2019
Author:: Marc De Graef, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Submitter:: Phillip Gilmour
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School
Technical Format:: Website

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Yes
Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States