Questions tagged [lattices]
For questions about systems with a repetitive arrangement of constituents, such as a crystal lattice or Bravais lattice.
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Lattice Energy of MX2 type
While finding the solution to the question that which among BaO and BaCl2 has hi that is energy I found that it was BaO whose lattice energy is high and there were explaining it just with charges. So ...
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Lattice energy while bond formation [closed]
My chemistry lecturer taught us that lattice energy is the energy required to break an ionic bond between two oppositely charged ions in a crystal lattice.
He then told us that lattice energy is ...
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Need to normalize lattice enthalpy by no. of nearest-neighbor (NN) interactions to equate to NN interaction strength?
I've seen electrostatic interaction energy (from $E\sim \frac{q_1 q_2}{r}$) used to explain differences in lattice enthalpies between different crystalline solids. For example, I've seen it explained ...
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Difference in properties of water as ligand vs 'in lattice'
I'm trying to understand the difference in properties between water in crystals in different positions in the lattice. In this wikipedia article It quotes:
Both notations can be combined as for ...
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Packing fractions of HCP and FCC
The packing fractions of hexagonal close packed unit cell and face centred cubic unit cell come out to be same when calculated geometrically.
Is it just a coincidence? Differently put, could it be ...
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Electrical resistivity [closed]
I have read that in non-metals solids the electric resistivity is reduced if we increase temperature.But this isn't logical.I mean if temperature is increased ok the electrons get extra energy but as ...
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Why don't ions form crystal lattices in water and other polar solvents?
Ionic compounds are in the form of crystal lattices, and when they are dissolved in a polar solvent, they are bonded with the corresponding cations/anions of the polar solvent. For example, $Na^+$ ...
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Does a molecule need to be placed symmetrically in the unit cell?
I was watching an OCW by MIT (3.091X) on solid state. My previous notion of lattice point and unit cell got shattered after this example.
Where are the unit cell and lattice points in this picture?
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How is the covalency of terminal carbons of a diamond satisfied? [duplicate]
Are the terminal carbons of the diamond lattice remain bonded to some element like hydrogen?
Or, is it that they don't achieve octate in their outer shell?
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Is this approach to finding density in crystal lattice acceptable?
In answering a question in an elementary chemistry text that asks for the density of gold ($\ce{Au}$) based on crystal dimensions and weight per atom, I found the approach I used was a little ...
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Do two Miller planes need to have similar arrangement of atoms?
For two Miller planes, do I need to have the same arrangement of atoms in both of them?
Does it need to look like the same plane translated a little?
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