Question

distinguish between the crystal lattice and unit cell ?

Answer 1

A unit cell is the building block of a crystal or we can say it is the simplest repeating unit of a crystal lattice.unit cell when arranged in 3 dimensional pattern is known as crystal lattice.Mar 23, 2016

Answer 2

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CRYSTAL LATTICE :  a regular three dimensional arrangement of points in space is called crystal lattice . 
there are only 14 pssible three dimensional lattices these are called bravais lattices.

UNIT CELL : unit cell is the smallest portion of a crystal lattice which, when repeated in different direction , generates the entire lattice.
it is characterised by its dimension along its three edges and angle formed.

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