Three new types of interpenetrating sphere packings.
Three new types of homogeneous interpenetrating sphere packings are described. In the general position of space group Ccce, two sphere packings of type 3/10/o1 can be combined to form interpenetrating sphere packings of type o[3/10/o1]2. The other two types of interpenetrating sphere packings show symmetry Fddd: two packings of type 3/10/t4 are intertwined in o[3/10/t4]2 and three packings of type 3/4/t1 in o[3/4/t1]3.
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GZG, Abteilung Kristallographie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany. heidrun.sowa@geo.uni-goettingen.de