Infinite set of points R = n₁a₁+n₂a₂+n₃a₃ (n_i ∈ ℤ) whose neighbourhood appears identical. Exactly 14 distinct Bravais lattices in 3D, classified by primitive/non-primitive conventional cell and symmetry.
Bravais lattice
Related concepts
- Atom
- Covalent bond
- Mass spectrometry
- Unit cell
- Space group
- Bragg's law
- Reciprocal lattice
- X-ray diffraction (XRD)
- Miller indices (hkl)
- Structure factor and phase problem
- Rietveld refinement
- Electron crystallography / microED
- Electronic band theory
- Bragg diffraction: n λ = 2 d sin θ (Bragg & Bragg 1913)
- Madelung sum: M = Σ_shells (±n_k / r_k) for ionic-solid cohesive energy