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Intro to solid state chemistry Flashcards

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Crystalline solid

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a solid material whose constituents are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions

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Amorphous solid

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a solid that lacks long-range order and doesn’t organise into a definite lattice pattern

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2D lattice counting: atoms in centre of cell

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1

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4
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2D lattice counting: atoms on edge of cell

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1/2

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2D lattice counting: atoms at a corner of cell

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1/4

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3D lattice counting: atoms in centre of cell

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1

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3D lattice counting: atoms on edge of cell

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1/4

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3D lattice counting: atoms at a corner of cell

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1/8

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3D lattice counting: atoms on face of cell

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1/2

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10
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Packing efficiency formula

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Natoms*Vatom / Vunit cell

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11
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Laves Principles

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regarding the packing of spheres

  • space
  • symmetry
  • connection
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12
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Two types of close packing

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  • Hexagonal close packing (hcp); ABABAB…
  • Cubic close packing (ccp); ABCABC…
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13
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Coordination no. of close packing

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12

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14
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Packing efficiency of close packing

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74%

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15
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Primitive cubic packing

(sites of atoms, packing efficiency, coordination number, points of contact)

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  • M at (0,0,0)
  • 52% of volume occupied
  • coordination no. = 6
  • spheres in contact along cell edges
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16
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Body centred cubic packing

(sites of atoms, packing efficiency, coordination number, points of contact)

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  • M at (0,0,0) and (1/2, 1/2, 1/2)
  • 68% of volume occupied
  • coordination no. = 8
  • spheres in contact along body diagonal
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17
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CsCl structure

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Cl at (0,0,0)
Cs at (1/2, 1/2, 1/2)
two interpenetrating primitive cubic lattices

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18
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Are Oh or Td holes bigger

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Oh

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19
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If there are n spheres, how many Oh holes are there?

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n

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20
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If there are n spheres, how many Td holes are there?

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2n

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21
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NaCl structure

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  • Na in all Oh holes of a CCP of Cl
  • 6:6 coordination
  • 2 interpenetrating CCP arrays
22
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Rutile

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TiO 2

  • distorted HCP of O with Ti in half Oh holes
  • edge and corner sharing TiO 6 octahedra
23
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Fluorite

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CaF 2

  • all tetrahedral holes in CCP
  • Ca is surrounded by 8 F
  • F is surrounded by 4 Ca
  • 8:4 coordination
24
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NiAs

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  • all octahedral holes in HCP
  • HCP of As with Ni in Oh holes
  • As in trigonal prism of Ni
  • 6:6 coordination
  • Ni octahedra share faces
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Perovskite

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ABO 3

  • ideal cubic structure
  • Ti octahedrally coordinated
  • Ca is 12 coordinated
  • Ti in Oh holes
  • corner sharing BO 6 octahedra
26
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What are the allowed oxidation states in perovskite

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3+ / 3+
2+ / 4+
1+ / 5+

27
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Ferroelectric Material

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dielectric materials in which polarisation remains permanently, even after removing the applied electric field

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Crystal polymorphism

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compound can crystallise into more than one crystal structure

29
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Spinel

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AB 2 O 4

  • Mg in MgO 4 tetrahedra
  • Al in AlO 6 octahedra
  • close packed O layers
  • A and B are in some of the Td and Oh holes
30
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Allowed Oxidation states of spinels

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2+ / 3+
1+ / 4+

31
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Most favourable conditions for radius ratio rules

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  • ions treated as hard spheres
  • cation-anion contact
  • no anion-anion contact
  • coordination no. is max possible
32
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Lattice energy

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the change in internal energy when 1 mole of an ionic compound at 1 bar is formed from infinitely separated gaseous ions

33
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What is the madelung constant?

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the sum of the partial madelung constants which represent the contributions of the individual ions to the total lattice energy

34
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How does Born-Lande Equation differ from Born-Mayer?

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Born-Mayer uses density as measuring the repulsion term

35
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How does Born-Lande Equation differ from Kapustinkii?

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Kapustinkii can be used to estimate lattice energy without the knowledge of the structure type (i.e. the madelung constant)

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How types of polycrystalline materials are formed

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  • conventional solid state reactions
  • precursor methods
  • hydrothermal / solvothermal methods
  • intercalation ion exchange
37
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How types of single crystals are formed

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  • single crystal growth from melt
  • single crystal growth from fluxes
  • floating zone furnace (large) crystal growth
38
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How thin films are formed

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  • chemical vapour deposition
  • sputtering
39
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Why is grinding needed in ‘shake and bake’?

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  • produces an intimate mixture of reactants
  • reduces reactant particle size
40
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Why are high temperatures required for ‘shake and bake’?

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  • generally leads to thermodynamically stable products
41
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What method is used to deduce crystal structures?

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x-ray diffraction

42
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Solid oxide fuel cells: positives and negatives

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+ve = clean and efficient energy generation, fuel flexibility, zero CO 2 emissions
-ve = device cost and reliability

43
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Solid oxide fuel cells: electrolyte used

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YSZ
Yttria-stabilised zirconia

44
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Isovalent Substitution

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the ion that is substituting the original ion is of the same oxidation state as the ion replacing it

45
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Aliovalent Substitution

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the ion that is substituting the original ion is of a different oxidation state than the ion it is replacing

46
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Two mechanisms for ionic conduction

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  • Vacancy-hopping oxide ion conductors
  • Interstitial oxide ion conductors
47
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Example of other ionic conductor

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Layered materials containing mobile cations

used in rechargeable battery materials

48
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Superconductors

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a type of material that conducts electricity with zero energy loss or resistance when cooled to a certain temperature

49
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Example of molecular superconductors

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Alkali fullerides, A 3 C 60

50
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Factors for elements replacing one another in doping

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  • Oxidation state (similar oxidation state is favourable)
  • Ionic radii (similar sizes is favourable)
  • Coordination preferences (geometry)

Materials Chemistry 1 (4 decks)

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