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Physical Chemistry

  1. Why an equilateral triangle can’t be used as the basis of lattice?

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12 Years agoGrade
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12 Years ago
Hi Divya,
It seems as you are asking about the shape of crystal lattice. Crystal lattice is a 3-dimensional structure of the crystal while the equilateral triangle is a 2 dimensional shape .Further the primitive unit cells have only following seven shapes

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Pankaj Singh
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