What does this term mean (language/argot)

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tiny-tim said:
hi fluidistic! :smile:

i think it means rhombohedral,

see http://cst-www.nrl.navy.mil/lattice/struk/l1_1.html :wink:
Thank you very much tiny-tim! I've plotted the position of these atoms in VMD to visualize them in 3d.
Another question for anyone who knows: when they say
papers said:
Ag composition is around 50 at. %
what do they mean by . %? Do they simply mean that there's 50% of Ag in the sample? This looks a rather strange way of saying it.
 

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at. % denotes percentage based on the number of atoms (also moles). While w% denotes percentage based on the weight.
 
Thank you infinitely guys. I wouldn't have figured it out on my own.