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Core dictionary version 3.0.14

_cell.volume

Name:
_cell.volume

Alias:
_cell_volume

Definition:

   
     Volume of the crystal unit cell.

Type: Real

Units: angstrom_cubed


The permitted range is 0.0 → infinity

Evaluation method:

      With c  as  cell
 
      _cell.volume =  c.vector_a * ( c.vector_b ^ c.vector_c )

Category:
cell


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.