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HCP STRUCTURE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallography
DEF

hexagonal closed-packed structure: close-packed crystal structure characterized by the regular alternation of two layers; the atoms in each layer lie at the vertices of a series of equilateral triangles, and the atoms in one layer lie directly above the centers of the triangles in neighboring layers.

Key term(s)
  • close-packet hexagonal structure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallographie

Spanish

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