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This is the vector from Ο to any of the five nearest lattice points. We choose the vector a = OA. N o w the vector a' = OB is a lattice vector and Β is a lattice point since it is obtained by a rotation of a by 2π/5. N o w using A as a 5-fold axis, we can generate lattice vector a" = AC by rotating the vector AO = — a by 2π/5 about A. Therefore C is a lattice point. But Β is also a lattice point, and BC must be a lattice vector since all lattice points are connected by lattice vectors. 382a| Since \BC\ < |a|, it cannot possibly satisfy the translation operation because an allowed translation must be equal to or greater than the shortest—that is, primitive—translation vector, in this case a.
Every atom is now surrounded by four nearest neighbors of the other lattice in a tetrahedral coordination. To see how this arises, we consider the model shown in Fig. 29. Consider a displacement inward along this body diagonal of one-quarter unit. Looking at the near corner atom, we see that the tetrahedral coordination arises from the single atom displaced inward from the corner and from the three nearest face centers displaced closer to the corner. 3 SIMPLE CRYSTAL STRUCTURES IN THREE DIMENSIONS 45 (b) Fig.
9). The crystal is generated by applying to the basis the translation group of operations for the type of lattice under consideration. " A symmetry operation is one that leaves the crystal environment invariant. We have seen that translations fulfill this requirement, but translations are not the only type of symmetry operation. Rotations, reflections, and inversions, and combinations of these leave the crystal invariant. We will discuss some of these symmetries, but because of the difficulties involved in visualizing in three dimensions, and for the sake of simplicity, much of the discussion will be limited to two-dimensional lattices.