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Brillouin Zones: - The Wigner-Seitz Cell of The Reciprocal Lattice Is Called First Brillouin Zone

The document discusses Brillouin zones for different crystal structures. It lists the first, second, and third Brillouin zones for simple cubic (SC), body centered cubic (bcc), and face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structures. Brillouin zones are divisions of the reciprocal lattice that are used to classify the quantum states of electrons in solid materials.

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Brillouin Zones: - The Wigner-Seitz Cell of The Reciprocal Lattice Is Called First Brillouin Zone

The document discusses Brillouin zones for different crystal structures. It lists the first, second, and third Brillouin zones for simple cubic (SC), body centered cubic (bcc), and face centered cubic (fcc) crystal structures. Brillouin zones are divisions of the reciprocal lattice that are used to classify the quantum states of electrons in solid materials.

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Brillouin Zones

The Wigner-Seitz cell of the reciprocal


lattice is called first Brillouin Zone.

Brillouin Zones
1st SC

Brillouin Zones
2nd SC

Brillouin Zones
3rd SC

Brillouin Zones
1st bcc

Brillouin Zones
2nd bcc

Brillouin Zones
3rd bcc

Brillouin Zones
1st fcc

Brillouin Zones
2nd fcc

Brillouin Zones
3rd fcc

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