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Line 50: ==The crystal structures of metals== ~~[[Image:Empty-Lattice-Approximation-BCC-bands.svg\|thumb\|300px\|Free electron bands in a BCC crystal structure]]~~ ~~[[Image:Empty-Lattice-Approximation-HCP-bands.svg\|thumb\|500px\|Free electron bands in a HCP crystal structure]]~~ Apart from a few exotic exceptions, [[metal]]s crystallize in three kinds of crystal structures: the BCC and FCC [[cubic crystal system\|cubic crystal structures]] and the [[hexagonal crystal system\|hexagonal]] close-packed [[close-packing of spheres#fcc_and_hcp_lattices\|HCP]] crystal structure. <gallery> Line 59 ⟶ 58: </gallery> {{multiple image ~~[[Image:Empty-Lattice-Approximation-FCC-bands.svg\|thumb\|left\|300px\|Free electron bands in a FCC crystal structure]]~~ \|align = left \|image1 = Empty-Lattice-Approximation-BCC-bands.svg \|caption1 = Free electron bands in a BCC crystal structure \|width1 = 180 \|image2 = Empty-Lattice-Approximation-FCC-bands.svg \|caption2 = Free electron bands in a FCC crystal structure \|width2 = 180 \|image3 = Empty-Lattice-Approximation-HCP-bands.svg \|caption3 = Free electron bands in a HCP crystal structure \|width3 = 300 }} {{clear}}

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