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Fall 2021 Structure & Properties of Materials - MANE2220

Assignment #2

Instructor: Dr. Ghaus Rizvi, Dr. Naglaa Elagamy & Dr. Ramona Fayazfar

Due Date: Saturday, September 25th, 2021 by 11:59pm on CANVAS


Please hand write your answers, and submit online with this cover page in ONE
PDF file, failure to do so will result in mark deductions.

Question 1 2 3 4 Total
Mark

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1. Hand write clearly
2. Answer questions in proper sequence
3. Clearly highlight your final answers and indicate units
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1. An anonymous element has similar chemical characteristics to that of an Iodine which has an orthorhombic unit
cell for which the a, b, and c lattice parameters are 0.479, 0.725, and 0.978 nm, respectively.
(a) If the atomic packing factor and atomic radius are 0.547 and 0.177 nm, respectively, determine the number
of atoms in each unit cell.
(b) If the atomic weight of the anonymous material is 126.91 g/mol; compute its theoretical density.

Solution

(a) For anonymous material, and from the definition of the APF

we may solve for the number of atoms per unit cell, n, as

Incorporating values of the above parameters provided in the problem state leads to

(0.59)(4.97 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚)(8 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚)(9.2 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚)


3
(4/3)𝜋(1.77 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚)
= 9.296 atoms/unit cell

(b) In order to compute the density, we can use equation below as

= 4.96 g/cm3

2. An element X has the FCC structure with an atomic weight of 52.43 g/mol and density of 7.95
g/cm3. Calculate the following:
a) lattice parameter, a
b) atomic radius of element X

Solution:

a)

n = 6 faces x 12+ 8 corners x 18= 4 atoms

7.95 g/cm3 = 4 atoms x (52.43 g/mol) / (a3cm3) (6.022 x 1023atoms/mol)

a3 = 4.38 x 10-23 cm3 x (1 m/100 cm)3 = 4.38 x 10-29 m3

a = 3.525 x 10-10 m = 0.35 nm

b. Atomic radius can be calculated from the closed packed plane and direction.
a2 + a2 = L2
Where L = 4r
Therefore, r = a/2√2

There are 2 ways to calculate for r:

1. (0.352 + 0.352)0.5 = L = 0.495 nm


r = L/4 = 0.124 nm

2. r = 0.35 nm / 2√2 = 0.124 nm

3. Determine the miller indices of the planes shown in the following unit cell
Solution:
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4. a) Draw (1-11) plane within a cubic unit cell.


b) In the same cubic cell you drew, draw [1-11] direction.
c) What is the relationship you observe between (1-11) plane and [1-11] direction?
d) Now draw 2 new cubic unit cells, one with (110) and [1-11], the other one with (1-11)
and [110].
e) What have you noticed about the placement of the directions with respect to the
planes?

Solution:

a) To draw a plane, we first need to define an origin and the axes, then take reciprocals of
the indices to
find the intercepts, the intercepts in (a) will be +1 step in x from origin, -1 step in y
from origin, and
+1 step from origin.
b) Using the same origin as (a), [1-11] is the resultant vector from taking +1 step in x,
then -1 step in y,
and lastly +1 step in z.

c) (1-11) plane and [1-11] direction are orthogonal to each other. (perpendicular is
acceptable answer)

d) To draw [110] with (1-11) plane within the same unit cell, we have to define a new
origin.

For (110), when taking reciprocal of 0, ∞ means that there is no intercepts


in the z-axis from the origin.
e) The directions lie within the planes. (Or the directions run along the planes)

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