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FACE-CENTRED CUBIC LATTICE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallography
DEF

An arrangement of atoms in crystals in which the atomic centres are disposed in space in such a way that one atom is located at each of the corners of the cube and one at the centre of each face.

OBS

Steel in the face-centred cubic arrangement is termed austenite.

Key term(s)
  • face centered cubic lattice
  • face-centred cubic lattice

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallographie

Spanish

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