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The Zinc Blende Structure

Zinc blende, the cubic form of zinc sulfide, crystallizes with a face centered cubic space lattice.

 

One description of the structure places the centers of sulfide ions
at the lattice points.

 

The zinc ions occupy one-half of the tetrahedral holes in the anion array.

 

 

The ZnS unit cell contains several zinc ions and sulfide ions.

 

Zinc blende, a cubic form of zinc sulfide, crystallizes with a face centered cubic lattice.

The Face Centered Cubic Cell

 

 

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