Table 2. Characteristics of various honeycombs.

A is the total area of all honeycomb cell faces, ΔA/A is the relative difference between this area and that of the ‘best’ 6464 honeycomb, expressed as % of the hexagonal cell-base area, equal to 3√3/2 ≃ 2.6, assuming cell depth d = 1.5. The ΔS/S column gives the relative saving of wax, shown as the fraction of a slab of wax (of amount S) of thickness t/2 and area equal to the cell base. For ΔS/S calculation the face thickness t is assumed as 10% of the unit length of the hexagon edge. The dx and dy parameters of the bottom entry may adopt any numerical values within the ranges 0 ≤ dx ≤ 1/2, 0 ≤ dy ≤ dx√3/2.

dx	dy	Topology	Symmetry	A	ΔA/A (%)	S	ΔS/S (%)	Table 1 row
1/2	√3/2	444	p3m1	11.12132	0.50	0.53083	0.27	1
0	√3/2	6464	cmma	11.10843	0	0.53048	0	2 ‘best’
0	√3/2	6464	cmma	11.11237	0.15	0.53065	0.13	2 FT
1/4	√3/4	644	c2/m	11.22592	4.52	0.53564	3.97	3
0	0	6	p6/mmm	11.59808	18.85	0.55191	16.50	4
1/4	√3/2	6464	c2/m	11.11442	0.23	0.53070	0.17	5
0	√3/4	6464	c2/m	11.21222	3.99	0.53528	3.70	6
Any	Any	6464	p 1					7