MIT 3.091 Introduction to Solid State Chemistry - Fall 2004

Lecture 14: Introduction to the Solid State, the 7 Crystal Systems, the 14 Bravais Lattices

author: Donald R. Sadoway, Center for Future Civic Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
recorded by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
published: Feb. 10, 2009, recorded: October 2004, views: 16434
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