Talk:Reciprocal lattice

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Help with this template Comments: edit – history – watch – refresh This article is unsatisfactory. An article called "reciprocal lattice" should start with a discussion of the general concept, not with a definition of the reciprocal lattice of a particular kind of lattice. It provides little or no background and is almost completely unintelligible to the introductory reader. I graded it as "start" for these reasons, although the criteria are described more in terms of quantity of content rather than understandability and usefulness.Mark Foskey 01:38, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

There a request for reciprocal lattice primitive cell from Wikipedia:ACF Regionals 2000 answers

If this is another name for a page that already exists could someone more knowledgeable than me make a redirect. Or if not could some make an article.--BirgitteSB 16:29, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Why are the definitions repeated? I'm not sure if I'm qualified, but I think that the introduction could be made clearer. Hithisishal (talk) 03:22, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Formula incorrect?

Aren't the reciprocal lattice vector equations on this page incorrect? I thought (and I have checked some other sources such as http://www.chemsoc.org/ExemplarChem/entries/2003/bristol_cook/reciprocallattice.htm which verify this) that the bottom line didn't change, unlike what is presented on the current page. 212.2.167.48 10:11, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

The formulae are correct. The three expressions in the denominators are equivalent (a scalar triple product). You can check this by writing out the result component-wise. The result equals the (signed) volume of the reciprocal lattice primitive cell. WilliamDParker 13:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)