Material Science Closepacking direction and closepacking pla

Material Science

Close-packing direction and close-packing plane for SC, BCC, and FCC crystals

Solution

SC (Simple cubic)

Close packing direction <100>

Close packing plane- none

BCC (Body centric cubic)

Close packing direction <111>

Close packing plane- none

FCC (Face centric cubic)

Close packing direction <110>

Close packing plane {111}