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Materials Science Tutorial on Crystallography

This document is a tutorial for Materials Science at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, focusing on various calculations and drawings related to crystal structures. It includes problems on lattice constants, atomic radii, unit cell volumes, direction vectors, Miller indices, and atomic densities for different crystal planes. The tutorial covers both BCC and FCC structures, providing a comprehensive set of exercises for students.

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Materials Science Tutorial on Crystallography

This document is a tutorial for Materials Science at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, focusing on various calculations and drawings related to crystal structures. It includes problems on lattice constants, atomic radii, unit cell volumes, direction vectors, Miller indices, and atomic densities for different crystal planes. The tutorial covers both BCC and FCC structures, providing a comprehensive set of exercises for students.

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FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING

UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA


86400 PARIT RAJA, JOHOR

BDA 10803
MATERIALS SCIENCE

TUTORIAL 2

1. Potassium at 20oc is BCC and has an atomic radius of 0.238nm. Calculate a value for its
lattice constant, a in nanometers.

2. Copper is FCC and has a lattice constant of 0.3615nm. Calculate a value for the atomic
radius of copper atom in nanometer.

3. Calculate the volume in cubic nanometers of the beryllium crystal structure unit cell.
Beryllium is HCP at 20oC with a = 0.2286 nm and c = 0.3583.

4. Draw direction vectors in unit cubes of the following cubic directions


(a) [ 121 ] (b) [ 321 ] (c) [ 233 ]
(d) [ 221 ] (e) [ 102 ] (f) [ 123 ]
(g) [ 203 ] (h) [ 122 ] (i) [ 223 ]

5. What are the indices of the directions shown in the unit cubes below.
(a)

c
d y
b

a
x
(b) z

d
c

b y
a

6. Draw in unit cubes the crystal planes which have the following Miller indices:
(a) ( 213 ) (b) (321) (c) ( 331 )
(d) ( 203 ) (e) ( 232 ) (f) (332)
(g) ( 122 ) (h) ( 133 ) (i) ( 223 )

7. What are the Miller indices of the cubic crystallographic planes shown below.

(a) (b) 3
4

3
4

(c) (d)

1
4
8. Draw the hexagonal crystal planes whose Miller-Bravais indices are:
(a) ( 1011 ) (b) ( 1212 ) (c) (1012)

9. Calculate the planar atomic density for the following crystal planes in BCC (a=0.3165nm)
and FCC (a=0.3524nm).
(a) (100)
(b) (110)
(c) (111)

10. Calculate the linear atomic density for the directions in BCC (a=0.3303nm) and FCC
(a=0.3924nm)
(a) [100]
(b) [110]
(c) [111]

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