Isomorphous crystals
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Isomorphous crystals
Other languages
Cristaux isomorphes (Fr).
Definition
Two crystals are said to be isomorphous if (a) both have the same space group and unit-cell dimensions and (b) the types and the positions of atoms in both are the same except for a replacement one or more atoms in one structure with different types of atoms the other (isomorphous replacement) or the presence of one or more additional atoms in one of them (isomorphous addition).
See also
Section 2.4 of International Tables of Crystallography, Volume B