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MT106 Materials Science Tutorial Guide

This document provides instructions for a materials science tutorial assignment covering topics such as: 1) The differences between amorphous and crystalline materials, single crystals and polycrystals, and isotropic and anisotropic materials. 2) Definitions of polymorphism/allotropy and grains and grain boundaries. 3) Calculations related to atomic packing factors, ideal c/a ratios, and directions and planes in cubic and BCC crystal systems. 4) Identifying planes and directions in diagrams of cubic structures. 5) Questions about tetrahedral and octahedral voids as well as the crystal structure of barium titanate.

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MT106 Materials Science Tutorial Guide

This document provides instructions for a materials science tutorial assignment covering topics such as: 1) The differences between amorphous and crystalline materials, single crystals and polycrystals, and isotropic and anisotropic materials. 2) Definitions of polymorphism/allotropy and grains and grain boundaries. 3) Calculations related to atomic packing factors, ideal c/a ratios, and directions and planes in cubic and BCC crystal systems. 4) Identifying planes and directions in diagrams of cubic structures. 5) Questions about tetrahedral and octahedral voids as well as the crystal structure of barium titanate.

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MT106: Materials Science

Autumn semester, 2014-2015


Tutorial 1
Due Date: 11 September, 2014
1. Differentiate between the following: (a) Amorphous an cr!stalline" (b) Single cr!stal an
pol!cr!stalline" (c) #sotropic an anisotropic materials
$. Define the following: (a) %ol!morphism or allotrop!" (b) &rain an grain bounar!.
'. (alculate (a) atomic pac)ing factor an (b) ieal c*a ratio in case of +(% lattice.
,. Show following irections in a cubic s!stem: (a) -100." (b) -110." (c) -111." () -10$. an (e) -11 $ ..
/. Show following planes in a cubic s!stem: (a) (100)" (b) (110)" (c) (111)" () (10$) an (e) (11 $ ).
6. Show following irections an planes in an +(% s!stem: (a) -1010." (b) -11 $ '." (c) (1010)" () (11
$ 1).
0. #entif! the inices for planes A an 1 (2ig. 1)
3. Determine the Millers inices of the irections of the cubic structures shown in 2ig.$.
4. (alculate ratio of lattice parameter a, an atomic raius R in case of (a) S(" (b) 1((" (c) 2((.
10. (alculate planar ensit! in a 2(( lattice for the following planes: (a) (100)" (b) (110)" (c) (111).
11. (alculate linear ensit! in a 1(( lattice for the following irections (a) -100." (b) -110." (c) -111..
1$. Show a (111) in a unit cell of a cubic cr!stal. &i5e inices of all 61107 that lie on this plane.
1'. The istance between (111) planes in a 2(( cr!stal is $ 8. Determine the lattice parameter an atomic
iameter.
1,. 9rite the Miller inices of the line of intersection of a (111) an (11 0)
1/. 9hat are tetraheral an octaheral 5ois: 9hat is the raius of the largest sphere that can be place in
a tetraheral 5oi without pushing the spheres apart:
16. Describe the cr!stal structure of 1arium titanate with a neat iagram. %reict the (range of) cation;anion
raius ratio without istorting this cr!stal structure.
2igure. 1: (ubic s!stem
2igure $.

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