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Modulated and composite structures dictionary (msCIF) version 1.0.1

_exptl_crystal_type_of_structure

Name:
'_exptl_crystal_type_of_structure'

Definition:

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


The data value must be one of the following:


cryst 		crystalline structure

mod 		modulated structure

comp 		composite (misfit) structure

Enumeration default: cryst

Type: char

Category: exptl_crystal


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.