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This document provides information about a binary alloy material with a cubic unit cell structure. It then asks several questions: 1) How many type A and B atoms are in the unit cell (1 of each type A, 3 of type B) 2) Calculates the lattice constant and density for varying atomic radii. With both atoms at 0.15nm, the lattice constant is 0.424nm and density is 6.13 g/cm3. With type A at 0.15nm and type B at 0.20nm, the lattice constant is 0.566nm and atomic packing factor is 0.63. With type A at 0.15nm and type B at 0.05nm, the lattice

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Solution Assignment#2

This document provides information about a binary alloy material with a cubic unit cell structure. It then asks several questions: 1) How many type A and B atoms are in the unit cell (1 of each type A, 3 of type B) 2) Calculates the lattice constant and density for varying atomic radii. With both atoms at 0.15nm, the lattice constant is 0.424nm and density is 6.13 g/cm3. With type A at 0.15nm and type B at 0.20nm, the lattice constant is 0.566nm and atomic packing factor is 0.63. With type A at 0.15nm and type B at 0.05nm, the lattice

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Question 1

A binary alloy material has the following cubic unit cell (with lattice constant a0, see figure), in
which atoms of type A sit at corners and atoms of type B sit at face-centers.

Type A atom; Atomic weight: 138 g/mol

Type B atom; Atomic weight: 48 g/mol

(A) How many type A atoms and how many type B atoms are there in a unit cell (2 pts)?

Solution:
# of A atoms = 8*(1/8) = 1
# of B atoms = 6*1/2 = 3

(B) Assume atoms behave like hard spheres, and they want to be as close as possible,
a) Suppose both atom of type A and atom of type B are of 0.15nm in radius,
 Calculate the lattice constant a0 (2pts);
 Calculate the density of this material (3pts);

Solution:
(1) 4r  2a0  a0  2 2r  0.424 nm
(2) The density is
138  3  48 138  3  48
   6.13 g/cm3
 
3 3
a0 Ag 2 2  0.15 107  6.02 1023
b) Suppose atom of type A has a radius of 0.15nm, and atom of type B has a radius of 0.20
nm, calculate
 the lattice constant a0 (2pts);
 the atomic packing factor (APF) (2pts);

Solution:
2a0 / 2  0.4  a0  0.566 nm

The APF is
4 
 0.15  3   0.20  
3 3

APF  3  0.63
0.5663

c) Suppose atom of type A has a radius of 0.15nm, and atom of type B has a radius of 0.05
nm, calculate
 the lattice constant a0 (2pts);
 the atomic packing factor (APF) (2pts);

Solution:
a0  0.3 nm

The APF is
4 
 0.15  3   0.05 
3 3

APF  3  0.58
0.33
Question 2 Solutions

(a)

The Miller-Bravais indices for this crystallographic direction: [̅ ̅ ]

The Miller indices: [ ̅ ̅ ]; then, use conversion between the two coordinates systems to get
Miller-Bravais indices.

The conversion is:


The crystallographic plane is ̅ .

(b)

The intersections between the plane and xyz axis are 1, 2, ¼ respectively. Take the reciprocals
and reduction to get the plane Miller indices: (2 1 8).

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