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Question
Describe triclinic crystal lattice with the help of a diagram.
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Solution
Triclinic lattice:
The three edges (sides) are of unequal lengths and all angles are different but none is perpendicular to any of the others (a ≠ b ≠ c, α ≠ β ≠ γ ≠ 90°).
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