Principal Metallic crystal Structures

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Describe the hexagonal close packed structure
Base and top layer (A) is a hexagonal shape , B layer (atoms placed in gaps) is in the centre of the structure.
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What are the lengths of a and b( sides of the unit cell for HCP)?
2R
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What is the distance between the first layer and the second layer (a.k.a |c| in unit cell of HCP)
2(√8/3) R
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What is the coordination number?(HCP)
12
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What are the atoms per unit cell? (HCP)
2
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What are the # lattice points per unit cell ? (HCP)
1
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What are the # atoms per lattice points ? (HCP)
2
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Describe the face centred cubic structure
Atoms at each corner and at the centre of each face.
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What is the distance from the centre of one atom to a 3rd atom in the close packing plane?
√(2a) = 4R
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Describe the dimensions and angles present in an f.c.c structure
a=b=c , all angles =α=β=γ= 90° where a = 2√(2R)
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What is the coordination number?(f.c.c)
12
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What are the atoms per unit cell? (FCC)
4
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What are the # lattice points per unit cell ? (FCC)
4
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What are the # atoms per lattice points ? (FCC)
1
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Describe the body centred cubic structure
. Atoms on each corner and one in the centre of the cubic
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Describe the dimensions and angles present in an BCC structure
a=b=c and all angles =90° where a= 4/√(3) *R
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What is the close packed direction for a BCC structure? (if there is such a thing)
Only the diagonal from one corner to another passing the centre is a close-st packing direction
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Define the atomic packing factor
The volume of atoms within the unit cell divided by the volume of the unit cell.
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Give an equation for the APF
#atoms*volume of 1 atom/ volume of unit cell
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What is the APF for BCC structure?
0.68
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What is the APF for FCC structure?
0.74
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What is the APF for a simple cubic structure?
0.52
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What is the close packing direction for an FCC structure?
The face diagonals are close-packed directions.
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Define Coordination number
The bravais lattice points closest to a given point.( The nearest neighbours)
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