TUTORIAL CHAPTER I-3: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

TRY IT YOURSELF!
1. Draw plane (1 1 0)
2. If Copper (FCC) has atomic mass of 63.54 g/mol and atomic

radius of 0.1278 nm. Calculate the volume density for Cu.

TUTORIAL
1. Define the following terms: (a) crystalline solid, (b) long-range order, (c) shortrange order, and (d) amorphous.
2. Define the following terms:
a. Crystal structure
b. Space lattice
c. Lattice point
d. Unit cell
e. Motif
f. Lattice constants
3. For BCC unit cell,
a. How many atoms are there inside the unit cell
b. What is the coordination number for the atoms
c. What is the relationship between the length of the side a of the BCC unit
cell and the radius of its atoms
d. What is the atomic packing factor
4. How are the Miller indices for a crystallographic plane in a cubic unit cell is
determined? What is generalized notation is used to indicate them?
5. What is the direction that shown in the unit cell below?

6. What is the planes miller index that shown in the unit cell below ?

17. Draw direction vectors in unit cells for the following cubic directions:

a. [1 1 2]

g. [1 01]

b. [1 2 3]

h. [12 1]

c. [3 31]

d.[ [0 2 1]

i. [321]

j. [10 3]

e. [2 1 2]

k.

f. [2 3 3]

[1 2 2] l.[ [2 2 3]

Solution for TRY IT YOURSELF!

Q1. Plane (1 1 0)
The reciprocals are (1,-1, )
The intercepts are x=1, y=-1 and z= (parallel to z axis)
To show this plane in a single unit cell, the origin is moved along the positive
direction of y axis by 1 unit.

Q2. What is the volume density of Cu?

Volume density of metal= mass / unit cell

volume / unit cell

4 R 4 0.1278 nm

0.361 nm
2
2
volume of unit cell V a 3 (0.361)3 4.7 x10 29 m3
a

Fcc unit cell has 4 atoms

Mass of unit cell= m=

(4atoms)(63.54 g / mol ) 10 6 Mg
(
)
23
g
4.7 x10 atoms / mol
4.22 x10 28 Mg

Mg
g
m 4.22 x10 28 Mg
v

8
.
98

8
.
98
v
4.7 x10 29 m 3
m3
cm 3