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The document outlines a series of problems related to crystal structures, including identifying lattice types, atomic positions, and concentrations. It also covers drawing primitive cells, calculating atomic packing factors, and determining Miller indices for various planes and directions. Additionally, the document addresses specific calculations involving angles and interplanar spacings in cubic crystals.

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The document outlines a series of problems related to crystal structures, including identifying lattice types, atomic positions, and concentrations. It also covers drawing primitive cells, calculating atomic packing factors, and determining Miller indices for various planes and directions. Additionally, the document addresses specific calculations involving angles and interplanar spacings in cubic crystals.

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Solve the following problems:

Problems:

1. For the following crystal structures below, identify


(i) the type of the lattice (simple cubic, fcc, bcc, etc.),
(ii) position of the atoms in the basis (basis atoms) and all the atoms within the
unit cell
(iii) concentration of atoms using a, the side of the unit cube, as the length unit

(e)

2. Draw the primitive cells and write the primitive lattice vectors for SC, BCC and
FCC structures
3. Find the atomic packing factor of diamond structure.
4. Check if an atom of radius r=30 pm can occupy the tetrahedral void formed in a
unit cell structure formed by atoms of radium 100 pm.
5. Check if an atom of radius r=30 pm can occupy the octahedral void formed in a
unit cell structure formed by atoms of radium 100 pm.
6. Within a cubic unit cell, sketch the following directions:
(a) [-1-10]; (b) [-1-2 1]; (c) [0 -1 2]; (d) [1 -3 3]; (e) [-1 -1 1]
7. Find the Miller indices of a plane that makes an intercept of 1 on the
a-axis and 2 on the b-axis and is parallel to the c-axis.
8. Find the Miller indices of the following planes:

9. Find the Miller indices of the following directions:

10. Find the angle between [111] and [11⎯2] directions in a cubic crystal (in
degrees)
11. Identify the following planes (highlighted) in four axes índice (miller-Bravais)
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
12. Mark the directions for a hexagonal lattice [-2110], [11-20], [-1010]
13. Copper has an fcc crystal structure. If you cut it so that a (111) plane is exposed,
what would the pattern of atoms on the surface look like?
14. Find the angle between tetragonal bonds of diamond. Hint: take the tetragonal
bond angle as the angle between body diagonals of a cubic crystal. (in degrees)
15. Draw a:
(i) (1 1 1) plane in a triclinic lattice; (ii) (1 2 0) plane in a tetragonal lattice;
(iii) [1 1 1] direction in an orthorhombic lattice

16.Determine the indices for the directions in the hexagonal lattice shown in the following
Figure, using both the three-digit and four-digit systems.

17.For a given fcc metal if the first (hkl) plane reflection is observed at 2 =38.53 degree,
what would be the angle corresponding to the next (hkl) reflection.

18. Draw a (111) plane and a (222) plane in the unit cell of a cubic lattice with lattice
parameter a. Determine their distances from a parallel plane through the origin.

19. What are the Miller indices of the line of intersection of a (1 1 0) and a (-1 -1 1) plane
in a cubic crystal? Determine the answer both geometrically and analytically.
20. A diffraction pattern of a cubic crystal of lattice parameter a = 3.16 Å is obtained with
a monochromatic x-ray beam of wavelength 1.54 Å. The first four lines on this pattern
were observed to have the following values:
Line Angle ()
1 20.3
2 29.2
3 36.7
4 43.6
Determine the interplanar spacing and the Miller indices of the reflecting planes.

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