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Rhombohedral packing

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003159

A dense arrangement of spherical grains in a rock where each sphere is in contact with twelve other spheres, forming a rhombohedral lattice. This packing arrangement represents the tightest possible configuration for uniform spheres. It results in a theoretical porosity of approximately 26%, which is lower than cubic packing.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003159
FieldOil and gas
SubjectGeology
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003159",
  "term": "Rhombohedral packing",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A dense arrangement of spherical grains in a rock where each sphere is in contact with twelve other spheres, forming a rhombohedral lattice. This packing arrangement represents the tightest possible configuration for uniform spheres. It results in a theoretical porosity of approximately 26%, which is lower than cubic packing.",
  "subject": "Geology",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/rhombohedral-packing/"
}

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