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Solid State Structures
Polyhedral Model Kit
Interactive Structures
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About the Kit
Model Kit Parts
Assembling Units
Assembling Units Movies
Why Polyhedra?
What You Need to Know
NaCl Example
ZnS Example
Al
2
(OH)
6
Example
Key to the online directions
Required pieces
Download manual (pdf file)
All of the above
More Basic Directions
Halides and Sulfides
Halite
NaCl
Halite (alternate)
NaCl
Cadmium Iodide
CdI
2
Cadmium Chloride
CdCl
2
Sphalerite
ZnS
Sphalerite (alternate)
ZnS
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS
2
Platinum Sulfide
PtS
Nickel Arsenide
NiAs
Tellurobismuthite
Bi
2
Te
3
Octahedra and Tetrahedra
Hexagonal Close Packing
Cubic Close Packing
Oxides
Ice
H
2
O(s)
Antifluorite
Li
2
O
Fluorite
CaF
2
Rutile
TiO
2
Cassiterite
SnO
2
Corundum
Al
2
O
3
Corundum (alternate)
Al
2
O
3
Vanadium Pentoxide
V
2
O
5
Rhenium Trioxide
ReO
3
Tungsten Trioxide
WO
3-
x
Perovskite
BaTiO
3
Superconductor
YBa
2
Cu
3
O
7
Spinel
MgAl
2
O
4
Magnetite
Fe
3
O
4
Trioctahedral Sheets
Each OH
-
shared with three Mg
+2
Brucite
Mg
3
(OH)
6
Lizardite
Mg
3
(OH)
4
[Si
2
O
5
]
Talc
Mg
3
(OH)
2
[Si
2
O
5
]
2
Biotite
K(Mg,Fe)
3
(OH)
2
[Si
3
AlO
10
]
Dioctahedral Sheets
Each OH
-
shared with two Al
+3
Gibbsite
Al
2
(OH)
6
Kaolinite
Al
2
(OH)
4
[Si
2
O
5
]
Pyrophyllite
Al
2
(OH)
2
[Si
2
O
5
]
2
Muscovite
KAl
2
(OH)
2
[Si
3
AlO
10
]
Montmorillonite
(Na,Ca)
x
(Al,Mg)
2
(OH)
2
[Si
2
O
5
]
2
Other Silicates
Olivine
Mg
x
Fe
1-x
[SiO
4
]
Diopside
CaMg[Si
2
O
6
]
Tremolite
Ca
2
Mg
5
[Si
4
O
11
]
2
(OH)
2
Beryl
Be
3
Al
2
[Si
6
O
18
]
Topaz
Al
2
(F,OH)
2
SiO
4
Quartz
SiO
2
Albite
NaAlSi
3
O
8
Sodalite
Na
4
Al
3
Si
3
O
12
Cl
Sodalite
(eight unit cells)
Faujasite
Na
0.15
Ca
0.075
Al
0.3
Si
0.7
O
4
OH
1.33
ZSM5 Zeolite
(HAlO
2
)
x
(SiO
2
)
y
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