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Question
How will you distinguish between the following pair of terms?
Crystal lattice and unit cell
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Solution
| Crystal lattice | Unit cell |
| The three-dimensional arrangement of structural units or constituent particles (atoms, molecules or ions) in a crystal is called a space lattice or crystal lattice or simply a lattice. | Unit cell is the smallest three-dimensional group of lattice points which, when repeated in three dimensions in space, gives the whole lattice of the crystal. |
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