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<font color="blue">Élément de maclage</font> (''Fr'').  <Font color="black">Elemento di geminazione</Font> (''It''). <Font color="purple">双晶要素</Font> (''Ja'')
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<font color="blue">Élément de maclage</font> (''Fr'').  <Font color="black">Elemento di geminazione</Font> (''It''). <Font color="purple">双晶要素</Font> (''Ja'').
  
  
The [[direct lattice]] [[geometric element|element]] about which a [[twin operation]] is performed. Twins are classified accordingly in:
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The combination of a [[twin operation]] and the [[geometric element]] to which it is attached is called a '''twin element'''.
  
 
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== See also ==
* '''reflection twins''', if the twin element is a lattice plane (the '''twin plane''')
 
* '''rotation twins''', if the twin element is a lattice direction (the '''twin axis''');
 
* '''inversion twins''', if the twin element is an inversion centre (the '''twin centre''').
 
 
 
==Related articles==
 
 
*[[Mallard's_law]]
 
*[[Mallard's_law]]
 
*[[Twin lattice]]
 
*[[Twin lattice]]
 
*[[Twin operation]]
 
*[[Twin operation]]
 
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*Chapter 3.3 of ''International Tables for Crystallography, Volume D''
== See also ==
 
Chapter 3.3 of ''International Tables of Crystallography, Volume D''<br>
 
  
 
[[Category:Twinning]]
 
[[Category:Twinning]]

Revision as of 13:47, 17 May 2017

Élément de maclage (Fr). Elemento di geminazione (It). 双晶要素 (Ja).


The combination of a twin operation and the geometric element to which it is attached is called a twin element.

See also