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Build Crystals & Frameworks

Electron microscope image of octahedral Iron Nitride crystals
Octahedral Iron Nitride crystals from the paper "Synthesis and Characterization of an Iron Nitride Constructed by a Novel Template of Metal Organic Framework by Suyan Liu, Quan Huo, Rongna Chen, Peipei Chen, Yuan Li, Yang Han https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/362103

Build models of natural and synthetic crystal and lattice structures.

  • Who is René Just Haüy? What are unit cells, cleavage planes and crystal habit?
  • What are the Bravais Lattices? How many types are there?
  • What is the Miller Index? How does it relate to interplanar spacing?
  • What is reticular chemistry, What are Metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks and Zeolite frameworks? What properties do they have and what are they used for?
  • What are molecular cages? How are they used?
  • How do the structures of diamond, silicon and ice compare?

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