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Allotropes
- define allotropes and give examples of common elements with allotropes

Crystal Structures
- define and give examples of alloys
- show how close packing of spheres can lead to hexagonal or cubic close packing
- identify the major metal structures - cubic close packed, hexagonal close packed, body centred cubic and simple cubic
- list the coordination number, packing efficiency and number of atoms in the unit cell of each of these packing types
- identify unit cells for cubic packing
- relate the unit cell contents and the stoichiometry
- calculate the packing efficiency in cubic unit cells
- rationalize the structure of simple ionic solids in terms of filling of the holes in the close packed structures

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Interactive 3D crystal structures

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Caesium chloride unit cell

Description: Video showing how the crystal structure is built from the unit cell and how atoms on the corners end up being shared
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Sodium chloride unit cell

Description: Video showing how the crystal structure is built from the unit cell and how atoms on the corners, faces and edges end up being shared
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