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Modulated Structures CIF Dictionary version 1.0

_exptl_crystal_type_of_structure

Name

'_exptl_crystal_type_of_structure'

Category: exptl_crystal

Data type: char

Permitted values:

cryst 'crystalline structure'
mod 'modulated structure'
comp 'composite (misfit) structure'

Enumeration default: 'cryst'

Definition

    	

   The type of structure used to check the consistency of a CIF.
   Expected data blocks and/or certain characteristic parameters
   depend on whether the material is classified as crystalline
   (periodic in three dimensions), modulated or composite.

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