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Another View of hcp Structure
Another view of HCP
- Examples of HCP metals: Mg, Ti, Zn, Be, Co, Zr, Cd.
Hexagonal System-Number of atoms
- Hexagonal lattices must be specified by base side length a and height c.
What is the number of atoms per cell ?
Number of atoms per unit cell = 3. Try it now!
- The corner atom shared ? with neighboring cells. (Total 12 × 1/6 = 2 )
- The centered atom at the top and bottom of the cell shared is 2 with neighboring cell. (Total: 2 ×1/2 = 1)
- There are 3 atoms inside the unit cell.