Ministry of Higher Education Mechatronics Engineering

Pyramids Higher Institute Engineering& Technology 1st Level – 1st Semester

Engineering Materials
MCH 115
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Sheet 2
A:
1. What is the difference between crystalline and noncrystalline structures in materials?
2. What are some common point defects in a crystal lattice structure?
3. Identify some materials that have a crystalline structure.
4. Identify some materials that possess a noncrystalline structure.
5. Which of the following are not point defects in a crystal lattice structure (more than one)?
(a) edge dislocation, (b) interstitialcy, (c) Schottky defect, or (d) vacancy.
6. Which one of the following crystal structures has the fewest slip directions and therefore
the metals with this structure are generally more difficult to deform at room temperature?
(a) BCC, (b) FCC, or (c) HCP.
7. Grain boundaries are an example of which one of the following types of crystal structure
defects? (a) dislocation, (b) Frenkel defect, (c) line defects, (d) point defects, or (e)
surface defects.

B:
1. How many atoms are there in the unit cell of the face-centered cubic (FCC) unit cell (one
answer)? (a) 8, (b) 9, (c) 10, (d) 12, or (e) 14.
2. How many atoms are there in the unit cell BCC?
3. How many atoms are there in the unit cell simple cubic?
4. How many atoms are there in the unit cell HCP?
5. Calculate the volume of an FCC unit cell in terms of the atomic radius R.
6. If the atomic radius of lead is 0.175 nm, calculate the volume of its unit cell in cubic
meters.
7. Show for the body-centered cubic crystal structure that the unit cell edge length a and the
atomic radius R are related through a= 4R/√3.
8. For the HCP crystal structure, show that the ideal c/a ratio is 1.633.
9. Show that the atomic packing factor for the simple cubic crystal structure is 0.52.
10. Show that the atomic packing factor for the BCC crystal structure is 0.68.
11. Show that the atomic packing factor for the FCC crystal structure is 0.74.

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Pyramids Higher Institute Engineering& Technology 1st Level – 1st Semester
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MCH 115
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12. Copper has an atomic radius of 0.128 nm, an FCC crystal structure, and an atomic weight
of 63.5 g/mol. Compute its theoretical density.
13. 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.
14. Calculate the radius of a palladium atom, given that Pd has an FCC crystal structure, a
density of 12.0 g/cm3, and an atomic weight of 106.4 g/mol.
15. Calculate the radius of a tantalum atom, given that Ta has a BCC crystal structure, a
density of 16.6 g/cm3, and an atomic weight of 180.9 g/mol.
16. Some hypothetical metal has the simple cubic crystal structure. If its atomic weight is
74.5 g/mol and the atomic radius is 0.145 nm, compute its density.
17. Titanium has an HCP crystal structure and a density of 4.51 g/cm3. (a) What is the
volume of its unit cell in cubic meters? (b) If the c/a ratio is 1.58, compute the values of c
and a.
18. Niobium has an atomic radius of 0.1430 nm and a density of 8.57 g/cm3. Determine
whether it has an FCC or BCC crystal structure. Atomic weight = 92.91 g/mol
19. The unit cell for uranium has orthorhombic symmetry, with a, b, and c lattice parameters
of 0.286, 0.587, and 0.495 nm, respectively. If its density, atomic weight, and atomic
radius are 19.05 g/cm3, 238.03 g/mol, and 0.1385 nm, respectively, compute the atomic
packing factor.

C:

1.
2. Specify point coordinates for all atom positions for a BCC unit cell.
3. List the point coordinates for all atoms that are associated with the FCC unit cell.

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Pyramids Higher Institute Engineering& Technology 1st Level – 1st Semester
Engineering Materials
MCH 115
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5. Sketch a tetragonal unit cell, and within that cell indicate locations of the 1 1 ½ and ½ ¼
½ point coordinates.

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MCH 115
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