to study the packing of sphere and understanding of the concepts of the packing of spheres by building and examining models of some of these structures
crystal structures
procedure
working in pairs, carefully insert wires into the centers of Styrofoam balls. Note which size balls you are instructed to use for each structure. Answer each question in the space provided. It may be helpful to remember the following geometric relationships. In reality there there are seven different types of unit cells, but we will only be dealing with the cubic unit cell. So, remember that it has to be a cube.