2₁ Screw Axis

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Author name
Michael Aristov
Source
Sketchfab
Polygon Count
8,211
Release Date
2021-02-08
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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An animation depicting the 2₁ screw axis as described in crystallography. The 2₁ screw axis is a combination of a 180° counterclockwise rotation followed by a c/2 translation down the c-axis. These symmetry elements are depicted inside of a generic tetragonal unit cell.