On completion of this tutorial you should:
- Understand the concept of a lattice plane;
- Be able to determine the Miller indices of a plane from its intercepts with the edges of the unit cell;
- Be able to visualise and draw a plane when given its Miller indices;
- Be aware of how knowledge of lattice planes and their Miller indices can help to understand other concepts in materials science.
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