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Appendix
Close Packed (Most Densely Packed) Planes and Directions in Crystals
Table 3029. Close packed (most densely packed) planes and directions in crystals.
Structure |
Close packed planes |
Close packed directions |
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None |
<100> |
Body-centered cubic ( BCC) |
Six {110} |
Four <111> |
Face-centered cubic ( FCC) |
{111} |
<110> |
Hexagonal close-packed ( HCP) |
Basal planes: (0001), (0002); Prismatic planes: one of the three {10-10} planes; Pyramidal planes: one of the six {10-11} |
<100>, <110> (three-axis notation) or <11-20> (four-axis notation) |
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