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Miller Indices: Academic Resource Center
Miller Indices: Academic Resource Center
Miller Indices: Academic Resource Center
Miller Indices®[42]
Example (cont’d)
Miller Indices®[42]
he
erest
the
phic
Index?
Examples (cont’d)
Miller Indices
• The plane of interest cuts two of the crystallographic axes.
• Intercepts: (1,1, ∞) (110)
ne cuts all
stallographic
ler Index?
Examples (cont’d)
Miller Indices
• This plane cuts all three crystallographic axes.
• Intercepts = (1,1,1) (111)
onally
Examples (cont’d)
Miller Indices
• This plane cuts two of the reference axes, but not
equidimensionally.
• Intercepts:
•Tricky; this(½, 1, 0) (210)
plane
cuts two of the
crystallographic
axes, but not
equidimensionally
•
Family of Directions
It’s a set of directions related by symmetry
operations of the lattice.
<100> [100],[100],[010],[010],[001],[001]
<110> [110],[110],[110],[110],[101],[101],[101],[101],[011],[011],[011],[011]
<111> [111],[111],[111],[111],[111],[111],[111],[111]
Importance of Miller Indices
• In Materials Science it is important to have a notation system
for atomic planes since these planes influence
• Optical properties
• Reactivity
• Surface tension
• Dislocations