This animation explains the relationships between parallel planes and their indices. Click "Start" to begin and use the buttons at the bottom right to navigate through the pages.
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Lattice planes can be represented by showing the trace of the planes on the
faces of one or more unit cells. The diagram shows the trace of the (
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planes on a cubic unit cell.
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