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Is a diamond lattice by itself a Bravais lattice, why or why not? And if not, how can it be reduced to a Bravais lattice, and what is the Bravais structure?

Is a diamond lattice by itself a Bravais lattice, why or why not? And if not, how can it be reduced to a Bravais lattice, and what is the Bravais structure?


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The diamond lattice is not a Bravais lattice, because the environment of each point differs in orientation from the environment of its nearest neighbors. The 4x4 cell of the diamond lattice is shown in Fig. 

Bravais Lattice refers to the 14 different 3-dimensional configurations into which atoms can be arranged in crystals.


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