International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 1.1, p. 3

Table 1.1.1.1 

E. Kocha

a Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Kristallographie, Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany

Table 1.1.1.1 | top | pdf |
Direct and reciprocal lattices described with respect to conventional basis systems

Direct lattice Reciprocal lattice
[{\bf a}_c, {\bf b}_c, {\bf c}_c] [{\bf a}^*_c, {\bf b}^*_c, {\bf c}^*_c]  
Bravais letter Centring vectors Unit-cell volume [V_c] Conditions for reciprocal-lattice vectors [h{\bf a}^*_c+k{\bf b}^*_c+l{\bf c}^*_c] Unit-cell volume [V^*_c] Bravais letter
A [{1\over2}{\bf b}_c+{1\over2}{\bf c}_c] 2V [k+l=2n] [{1\over2}V^*] A
B [{1\over2}{\bf a}_c+{1\over2}{\bf c}_c] 2V [h+l=2n] [{1\over2}V^*] B
C [{1\over2}{\bf a}_c+{1\over2}{\bf b}_c] 2V [h+k=2n] [{1\over2}V^*] C
I [{1\over2}{\bf a}_c+{1\over2}{\bf b}_c+{1\over2}{\bf c}_c] 2V [h+k+l=2n] [{1\over2}V^*] F
F [{1\over2}{\bf a}_c+{1\over2}{\bf b}_c,] [{1\over2}{\bf a}_c+{1\over2}{\bf c}_c,] [{1\over2}{\bf b}_c+{1\over2}{\bf c}_c] 4V [h+k=2n,] [h+l=2n,] [k+l=2n] [{1\over4}V^*] I
R [{1\over3}{\bf a}_c+{2\over3}{\bf b}_c+{2\over3}{\bf c}_c], [{2\over3}{\bf a}_c+{1\over3}{\bf b}_c+{1\over3}{\bf c}_c] 3V [-h+k+l=3n] [{1\over3}V^*] R