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How will you distinguish between the following pairs of terms:

Crystal lattice and unit cell?















Crystal lattice



Unit cell:



Orderly three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in space is called crystal lattice. It is a diagrammatic representation of constituent particles, such as atoms, ions or molecules of a solid.



The smallest unit of a crystal lattice is called the unit cell.


Repeated unit cells form a crystal lattice.








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