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Chemistry · Glossary

What is Multiplicity of a cell?

Also known as: multiplicity

Definition 5.4 University Chemistry — Year 1 · Chapter 5 — Crystals I: The Perfect Crystal and Metals

The multiplicity ZZ of a cell is the number of motifs (or atoms) that belong to it, each atom shared with the neighbouring cells counting for the fraction that lies inside it.

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