hexagonal system

Related to hexagonal system: Cubic system, Orthorhombic System, crystal classes

hexagonal system

[hek′sag·ə·nəl ′sis·təm]

(crystallography)

A crystal system that has three equal axes intersecting at 120° and lying in one plane; a fourth, unequal axis is perpendicular to the other three.

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Hexagonal chain is one class of hexagonal system consisting of hexagonal.

Second atom-bond connectivity index of special chemical molecular structures

Gas hydrates are the ice-like compounds or solids formed by physical combination of a natural gas (mainly methane) and water, under specific conditions, in which water crystallises in the isometric crystallographic system rather than the hexagonal system of normal ice.

METHANE HYDRATE: AN ENERGY SOURCE

Though such effects are weak and only a few plates are obtained, our studies further prove the formation mechanism discussed in the hexagonal system (Wang et al., 2005).

Synthesis of gold nanoplates in lecithin lamellar liquid crystals

Deng [6, 7] gave formula for calculating the PI index of cata-condensed hexagonal systems and TUVC6 [2 p, q].