Periodic Table Database Schema - v0.6.3
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    Enumeration CrystalSystem

    Comprehensive classification of unit cell geometries and specific packing symmetries.

    Index

    Enumeration Members

    BODY_CENTERED_CUBIC: "bodyCenteredCubic"

    Atoms at the eight corners and one in the center of a cube.

    DIAMOND_CUBIC: "diamondCubic"

    Interlocking tetrahedral structure typical of carbon.

    DOUBLE_HEXAGONAL_CLOSE_PACKED: "doubleHexagonalClosePacked"

    Hexagonal packing with ABAC stacking sequence.

    FACE_CENTERED_CUBIC: "faceCenteredCubic"

    Atoms at the corners and in the center of each face.

    HEXAGONAL: "hexagonal"

    Sixfold symmetry with axes at 120° and 90°.

    HEXAGONAL_CLOSE_PACKED: "hexagonalClosePacked"

    Most dense packing of equal spheres with ABAB stacking.

    MONOCLINIC: "monoclinic"

    Single non-orthogonal axis angle.

    ORTHORHOMBIC: "orthorhombic"

    Three unequal orthogonal axes.

    RHOMBOHEDRAL: "rhombohedral"

    Three equal axes at identical non-right angles.

    SIMPLE_CUBIC: "simpleCubic"

    Primitive cubic lattice with atoms only at the corners.

    TETRAGONAL: "tetragonal"

    Two equal orthogonal axes and one different axis.

    TRICLINIC: "triclinic"

    No orthogonal axes or equal axis lengths.