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Ch.12 - Solids and Modern Materials
Brown - Chemistry: The Central Science 14th Edition
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Capitolo 12, Problema 25

Which of the three-dimensional primitive lattices has a unit cell where none of the internal angles is 90? (a) Orthorhombic, (b) hexagonal, (c) rhombohedral, (d) triclinic, (e) both rhombohedral and triclinic.

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Understand the concept of a unit cell in crystallography, which is the smallest repeating unit in a crystal lattice that shows the entire structure's symmetry.
Recognize that a primitive lattice is a type of crystal lattice where each lattice point is occupied by a single atom or molecule.
Recall the characteristics of different types of unit cells: Orthorhombic has all angles at 90 degrees, Hexagonal has two angles at 90 degrees and one at 120 degrees, Rhombohedral has all sides equal and angles equal but not 90 degrees, Triclinic has no angles at 90 degrees, and both Rhombohedral and Triclinic can have none of the internal angles at 90 degrees.
Identify that the question asks for a lattice where none of the internal angles is 90 degrees.
Conclude that the correct options are (d) triclinic and (e) both rhombohedral and triclinic, as these can have unit cells with no 90-degree angles.

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