kristallplan
Kristallplan, or crystal plane, is a plane within a crystal lattice along which the arrangement of atoms repeats in a regular, periodic way. The term kristallplan is the German equivalent of the English term and is commonly used in crystallography to describe one of the many parallel planes that can be imagined cutting through a crystal.
Each crystal plane is labeled by Miller indices (hkl). These indices describe the plane’s intercepts with the
The spacing between parallel crystal planes, denoted d_hkl, depends on the lattice type. For a cubic crystal
In practical use, kristallplan helps researchers describe crystal orientation, identify phases, and relate microscopic structure to