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What is a unit cell?

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  • Unit cell : It is the smallest repeating structural unit of a crystalline solid (or crystal lattice) which when repeated in different directions produces the crystalline solid (lattice). 
  • The crystal is considered to consist of an infinite number of unit cells.
  • The unit cell possesses all the characteristics of the crystalline solid.


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