Practical Electron Microscopy and Database

An Online Book, Second Edition by Dr. Yougui Liao (2006)

Practical Electron Microscopy and Database - An Online Book

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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
Simple cubic (SC)
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)