It turns out Z CAN be a non-integer number. Not every day a question you ask leads to an official change to an IUCr definition

Acta Cryst A@actacrysta.iucr.org · 12mo ago

Carolyn P. Brock: Can Z, the number of formula units per unit cell, be a fraction? A report of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature #CommissionReport #Z #NumberOfFormulaUnitsInTheUnitCell ... #IUCr https://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2053273325007053