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The ZnS Unit Cell | |
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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
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.
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Zinc blende, a cubic form of zinc sulfide, crystallizes
with a face centered cubic lattice.
The Face Centered Cubic Cell ![]() Sulfide ions are located on lattice points
and form a face centered cubic array.
![]() Zinc ions occupy one-half of the tetrahedral
holes in the face centered cubic array of sulfide ions.
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ZnS Unit Cell
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