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Point-group symmetry and physical properties of crystals
H. Klapper and Th. Hahn. International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. A, ch. 10.2, pp. 804-808  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000521 ]

Abstract

Chapter 10.2 discusses the relations between symmetry and the physical properties of crystals. The following properties and their dependence on the crystallographic point-group symmetries are described and presented in several tables: crystal morphology, symmetry of etch figures, optical birefringence, optical activity, enantiomorphism, pyroelectricity (ferroelectricity) and piezoelectricity.


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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. The multi-volume series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials.