Crystals Videotape
Description: From the Chemistry Animation Project, a videotape that illustrates Miller indices, lattice vectors, and crystal surface structure of face centered cubes.
Source: Chemistry Animation Project/Journal of Chemistry Education
Year: 1993 Vol: 70 issue 9 Page: 739
Keywords: Solids, Animation, Miller indices, Crystal structures, Vector
Rating: 
Hazard: Low
- Electric shock hazard
- Model or simulation
Effectiveness: Average
- Results are observable with guidance
- Good reliability
- Somewhat connected conceptually to course material
- Time to results is medium
- Mild effects are seen by audience
Difficulty: Low
- Video or simulation
- Simple procedures
- Simple manipulations for most to perform
Safety Precautions:
- Use of UL approved three-prong grounded plug and outlet
- Eye protection required
Class: Solids, Simulation, Atomic and Molecular structures, Solid State Chemistry
Division: General, Inorganic Chemistry, Material Science
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