Hexagonal system


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Related to Hexagonal system: Cubic system, Orthorhombic System, crystal classes
(Crystal.) See under Crystallization.

See also: Hexagonal

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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UR is reported to have crystals with a hexagonal system when forming a complex with a drug.
Then she illustrates seven specific crystal systems with examples, among them a monocline system with sucrose, an orthorhombic system with polyethylene, a hexagonal system with magnesium, and a cubic system with acetylene.
In addition, as widespread and critical chemical structures, polyomino system, hexagonal system, V-phenylenic nanotubes, and nanotori are widely used in medical science and pharmaceutical field.
For any close packed hexagonal system, lattice parameters can be determined by solving equation 3 for various values of sin2th [5].