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Cubic Close Packing versus Hexagonal Close Packing

This Demonstration compares cubic close packing (ccp) and hexagonal close packing (hcp).

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R. Williams, The Geometrical Foundations of Natural Structure, New York: Dover, 1979 pp. 108–109.

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"Cubic Close Packing versus Hexagonal Close Packing" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
 http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/CubicClosePackingVersusHexagonalClosePacking/
Contributed by: Izidor Hafner




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