Unit 4. 1 Glide Planes in Crystals ( I)

Unit 4. 1 of our course The Fascination of Crystals and Symmetry Additonal resources at: There are 6 distinct glide planes, that can occur in crystal structures: they are named a, b, c, and n, d, and e We will begin with the more simple ones, the glide planes a, b, and c. The characters, which are used to name the glide planes express in all these three cases the translation direction of the translation component. If you prefer books instead of videos, have a look at: