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Tutorial 03 - Crystal Structure

The document provides tutorial problems related to crystal structures, including calculating atomic packing factors, lattice constants, atomic radii, drawing crystal planes and vectors, determining Miller indices, calculating theoretical densities and linear/planar densities of atoms in different crystal directions. It also includes problems involving using x-ray diffraction data to determine crystal structures and lattice constants.

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Tutorial 03 - Crystal Structure

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ME 1205, MATERIAL SCIENCE

TUTORIAL SHEET 3: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE

1. Calculate the atomic packing factor (APF) for FCC unit cell.

2. Iron at 20oC is BCC with atoms with an atomic radius 0.124 nm. Calculate the lattice constant, a for the
cube edge of the iron unit cell. [a = 0.286 nm]

3. Sodium at 20oC is BCC and has a lattice constant of 0.40788 nm. Calculate a value for the atomic
radius of a sodium atom in nanometers. [R = 0.176 nm]

4. Draw the following vectors in cubic unit cells:

(i ) [101]
(ii ) [3 1 2]
(iii ) [ 211]
(iv ) [ 1 1 1 ]
(v ) [ 2 12]
(vi ) [3 1 3]
(vii ) [301]
(viii ) [10 2 ]

5. Draw in unit cubes the crystal planes that have the following Miller indices:
(i )  2 1 1
(ii ) 10 1 
(iii )  3 1 3
(iv )  012 

6. Determine the Miller indices for the planes shown:


7. Molybdenum has a BCC crystal structure, an atomic radius of 0.1363 nm and an atomic weight
of 95.94 g/mol. Compute its theoretical density. [10.28 g/cm3]

8. Niobium has atomic radius of 0.1430 nm and a density of 8.57 g/cm3. Determine whether it has
an FCC or BCC crystal structure. [BCC]

9. Calculate the linear density in atoms per millimetre for the following directions in BCC
vanadium, which has a lattice constant of 0.3039 nm:
(a) [100]
(b) [110]
(c) [111]
[3.29×106, 2.33×106, 3.80×106 atoms/mm]

10. Calculate the planar density in atoms per square millimetre for the following crystal planes in
FCC gold, which has a lattice constant of 0.40788 nm:
(a) (100)
(b) (110)
(c) (111)
[1.20×1013, 8.50×1012, 1.388×1013 atoms/mm2]

11. A sample of BCC metal was placed in a x-ray diffractometer using x-rays with a wavelength of
λ = 0.1541 nm. Diffraction from the {221} planes were obtained at 2θ = 88.838°. Calculate a
value for the lattice constant a for this BCC metal. Assume n = 1. [a = 0.3303 nm]

12. An x-ray diffractometer recorder chart for an element that has either BCC or FCC crystal
structure showed diffraction peaks at the follow 2θ angles: 40.663°, 47.314°, 69.144° and
83.448°. The wavelength λ = 0.15405 nm.
(i) Determine the crystal structure of the element
(ii) Determine the lattice constant of the element
[FCC; a = 0.383971 nm]

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