# Crystallography in a Nutshell

- By: Martín Martínez Ripoll & Félix Hernández Cano
- Publisher: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Analytical_Chemistry/Crystallography_in_a_Nutshell_(Ripoll_and_Cano))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/chem-352418/pdf

Structural knowledge obtained by Crystallography allows us to produce materials with predesigned properties, from catalyst for a chemical reaction of industrial interest, up to toothpaste, vitro ceramic plates, extremely hard materials for surgery use, or certain aircraft components, just to give some examples of small, or medium sized atomic or molecular materials.