Simple cubic packing

The picture below shows an extended simple cubic structure.

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This is not a close packed structure.

Each sphere in this structure is in contact with 6 others, arranged in an octahedron.

The unit cell consists of a ube with one sphere on each vertex. Each sphere contributes1/8 to the unit cell therefore the total number of atoms in the unit cell is

8x(1/8) = 8

Use the buttons on the right to explore the structure

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