Bravais lattice

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In geometry and crystallography, a Bravais lattice, studied by Auguste Bravais (1850),
[1]
is an infinite array of discrete points generated by a set of
discrete translation operations described by:
where n
i
are any integers and a
i
are known as the primitive vectors which lie in different directions and span the lattice. This discrete set of vectors must
be closed under vector addition and subtraction. For any choice of position vector R, the lattice looks exactly the same.
A crystal is made up of a periodic arrangement of one or more atoms (the basis) repeated at each lattice point. Consequently, the crystal looks the same
when viewed from any equivalent lattice point, namely those separated by the translation of one unit cell (the motive).
Two Bravais lattices are often considered equivalent if they have isomorphic symmetry groups. In this sense, there are 14 possible Bravais lattices in
three-dimensional space. The 14 possible symmetry groups of Bravais lattices are 14 of the 230 space groups.
Contents
1 Bravais lattices in at most 2 dimensions
2 Bravais lattices in 3 dimensions
3 Bravais lattices in 4 dimensions
4 See also
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Bravais lattices in at most 2 dimensions
In each of 0-dimensional and 1-dimensional space there is just one type of Bravais lattice.
In two dimensions, there are five Bravais lattices, called oblique, rectangular, centered rectangular (rhombic), hexagonal, and square.
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The five fundamental two-dimensional Bravais lattices: 1 oblique, 2 rectangular, 3 centered rectangular (rhombic),
4 hexagonal, and 5 square. In addition to the stated conditions, the centered rectangular lattice fulfills
. This orthogonality condition leads to the rectangular pattern indicated and implies
.
Bravais lattices in 3 dimensions
The 14 Bravais lattices in 3 dimensions are obtained by coupling one of the 7 lattice systems (or axial systems) with one of the lattice centerings. Each
Bravais lattice refers to a distinct lattice type.
The lattice centerings are:
Primitive (P): lattice points on the cell corners only.
Body (I): one additional lattice point at the center of the cell.
Face (F): one additional lattice point at the center of each of the faces of the cell.
Base (A, B or C): one additional lattice point at the center of each of one pair of the cell faces.
Not all combinations of the crystal systems and lattice centerings are needed to describe the possible lattices. There are in total 7 6 = 42 combinations,
but it can be shown that several of these are in fact equivalent to each other. For example, the monoclinic I lattice can be described by a monoclinic C
lattice by different choice of crystal axes. Similarly, all A- or B-centred lattices can be described either by a C- or P-centering. This reduces the number
of combinations to 14 conventional Bravais lattices, shown in the table below.
The 7 lattice systems The 14 Bravais lattices
Triclinic
P
Monoclinic
P C
P C I F
Orthorhombic
Tetragonal
P I
Rhombohedral
P
Hexagonal
P
Cubic
P (pcc) I (bcc) F (fcc)
The volume of the unit cell can be calculated by evaluating a b c where a, b, and c are the lattice vectors. The volumes of the Bravais lattices are
given below:
Lattice system Volume
Triclinic
Monoclinic
Orthorhombic
Tetragonal
Rhombohedral
Hexagonal
Cubic
Centred Unit Cells :
Lattice
System
Possible Variations
Axial Distances (edge
lengths)
Axial Angles Examples
Cubic Primitive, Body-centred, Face-centred a = b = c = = = 90 NaCl, Zinc Blende, Cu
Tetragonal Primitive, Body-centred a = b c = = = 90 White tin, SnO
2
, TiO
2
, CaSO
4
Orthorhombic
Primitive, Body-centred, Face-centred, Base-
centred
a b c = = = 90
Rhombic sulphur, KNO
3
,
BaSO
4
Hexagonal Primitive a = b c
= = 90, =
120
Graphite, ZnO, CdS
Rhombohedral Primitive a = b = c = = 90
Calcite (CaCO
3
), Cinnabar
(HgS)
Monoclinic Primitive, Base-centred a b c
= = 90,
90
Monoclinic sulphur,
Na
2
SO
4
.10H
2
O
Triclinic Primitive a b c 90
K
2
Cr
2
O
7
, CuSO
4
.5H
2
O,
H
3
BO
3
Bravais lattices in 4 dimensions
In four dimensions, there are 64 Bravais lattices. Of these, 23 are primitive and 41 are centered. Ten Bravais lattices split into enantiomorphic pairs.
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See also
References
Translational symmetry
Lattice (group)
classification of lattices
Miller Index
Further reading
Bravais, A. (1850). "Mmoire sur les systmes forms par les points distribus rgulirement sur un plan ou dans l'espace". J. Ecole Polytech.
19: 1128. (English: Memoir 1, Crystallographic Society of America, 1949.)
Hahn, Theo, ed. (2002). International Tables for Crystallography, Volume A: Space Group Symmetry (http://it.iucr.org/A/) A (5th ed.).
Berlin, New York: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1107/97809553602060000100 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1107%2F97809553602060000100).
ISBN 978-0-7923-6590-7.
External links
Smith, Walter Fox (2002). "The Bravais Lattices Song" (http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/songs/bravais.htm).
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