Is it possible to determine the cleavage planes of the crystal, knowing its structure and the type of chemical bond between the atoms?

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Viorel Chihaia

You have to calculate the formation energy of the different surface planes.

Omar M S

Simply the crystal structure and the type of bonding could be read as an inter-plainer distance or spacing. Then the weakest point is the largest distance, for example for cubic cleavage occurres at the plane group (100)

Roman Shendrik

Thank you