As seen below most common metals crystallize in a body-centred lattice or in one of the face-centred cubic lattices.
The only metal which forms a simple cubic lattice is one form of polonium (Po). Polonium is found at the bottom of Group 16 in the periodic table.
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| simple cubic | bcc |
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| fcc | hcp |
| 3 Li bcc | 4 Be hcp | ||||||||||
| 11 Na bcc | 12 Mg hcp | 13 Al fcc | |||||||||
| 19 K bcc | 20 Ca hcp | 21 Sc hcp | 22 Ti hcp | 23 V bcc | 24 Cr bcc | 25 Mn bcc | 26 Fe bcc | 27 Co hcp | 28 Ni fcc | 29 Cu fcc | 30 Zn hcp |
The only metal which forms a simple cubic lattice is one form of polonium (Po). Polonium is found at the bottom of Group 16 in the periodic table.