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face-centered cubic

one of two densest possible sphere packings in 3D Euclidean space
Thing Lattice Q3006714

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
lattice, crystal structure[2]
Short name
cfc, fcc[5][6]
Facet of
close-packing of equal spheres, cubic crystal system[3][4]
Computes solution to
close-packing of equal spheres[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en fcc en cubic close packed en face-centered cubic en face-centered cubic lattice en faces centered cubic ar حالة الصلب في كيمياء de Kubisch dichteste Kugelpackung fr cubique a faces centrees fr cubique à faces centrées fr cubique face centrée fr cubique faces centrées fr réseau cubique à faces centrées ja 面心立方格子 ja 立方最密充填構造 ja 面心立方 ja 面心立方格子構造 ja 面心立方構造 ko 면심입방격자 ko 면심입방 격자 ko 면심 입방격자
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Freebase ID
/m/0nbdb2k
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1q6j7fxwy

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🔗 Connections
Facet of 2
cubic crystal system, close-packing of equal spheres
Instance of 2
crystal structure, lattice
Belongs to 1
close-packing of equal spheres
Computes solution to 1
close-packing of equal spheres
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Summary

face-centered cubic is a lattice[1].

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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