MBM M1 Crystal Structure

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Crystal structure
•Solids
•Crystalline materials Crystalline
materials
•Amorphous materials
•Regular and repetitive arrangement of
atom.
•Long range order.
eg. Metals,
eg. Glass •High density
ceramics

Amorphous
materials

•No periodic arrangement of atoms.


•Random arrangement of atoms
•Short range order.
•Low density

Ref: Material science and engineering, William D . Callister


Crystal lattice
Lattice parameters
Crystal systems

Crystal systems Edge length Inter-axial


angles
Cubic a=b=c α=β=γ=90ᵒ
Tetragonal a=b≠c α=β=γ=90ᵒ
Orthorhombic a≠b≠c α=β=γ=90ᵒ
Hexagonal a=b≠c α=β=90ᵒ, γ=120ᵒ

Rhombohedral a=b=c α=β=γ≠90ᵒ


Monoclinic a≠b≠c α=γ=90ᵒ≠β
Triclinic a≠b≠c α≠β≠γ≠90ᵒ
Crystal systems
a≠b≠c
a=b≠c
α = β = γ = 90ᵒ
a=b=c α = β = γ = 90ᵒ
α = β = γ = 90ᵒ

a=b≠c
α = β = 90ᵒ, γ = 120ᵒ

a=b=c
α = β = γ ≠ 90ᵒ

a≠b≠c a≠b≠c
α = γ = 90ᵒ ≠ β α ≠ β ≠ γ ≠ 90ᵒ
Bravais Lattice
Simple cubic structure
Body centered cubic structure

eg: W, V, Mo, Mn, Cr


Face centered cubic structure

eg: Cu, Ag, Al, Au, Ni


Hexagonal close packed structure

eg: Be, Mg, Zn, Cd


Co-ordination number
Atomic Packing Factor (APF)
Atomic packing factor (APF)
=Volume of atoms in the unit cell /Volume of unit cell
=N atom/unit cell x V atom/V unit cell

N atom/unit cell = 8 x 1/8 = 1


N atom/unit cell = 8 x 1/8 + 1 = 2
N atom/unit cell = 8 x 1/8 + 6 x 1/2 = 4
A

a h a

c
B C
D a

Area of one equilateral


triangle hcp
N atom/unit cell
= 12 x 1/6 + 3 + 2 x ½ = 6
Volume of hexagonal prism,
Theoretical Density of metallic solids
Mass of Atoms in Unit Cell
Density = ρ =
Total Volume of Unit Cell

n is the number of atoms per unit cell


M is the atomic weight
N is the Avogadro number
V is the volume





• Directions in hcp are represented using three
index system or four index system ie. [u’ v’w’]
or [uvtw]
• Conversion of three axis system to four axis
system




















Angle between two planes having
miller indices (h1k1l1) and (h2k2l2) is
Packing sequence

fcc
hcp











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