Condensation Model Producing Crystalline or Amorphous Tetrahedral Networks

Abstract

Wire models of tetrahedral networks have been built up by a process representing condensation from a fluid, which yields amorphous structures unless a nucleus of crystalline structure is present initially. A random tetrahedral network of 300 units has been constructed for direct measurement of coordinates; the construction process is uniquely defined so that it may be possible to synthesize larger networks by use of a computer.