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Structure of Crystalline Solids Flashcards

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What are crystalline materials?

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Crystalline materials have atoms situated in a periodic 3D array over large atomic distances.

  • Examples include metals and most ceramics.
  • Properties such as ductility and density depend on the crystal structure of the material.
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What are amorphous materials?

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Amorphous materials have no periodic packing / long-range order.

  • Examples include glasses, plastics and other rapidly cooled materials.
  • Sometimes known as non-crystalline.
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How are polycrystalline materials formed?

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  1. ‘Nuclei’ form during solidification, each of which grow into crystals.
  2. These grains are separated by amorphous grain boundaries.
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How does the density/packing of a material affect its bonding energy.

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  • Dense, regularly packed materials have a high bonding energy.
  • Non-dense, randomly packed materials have a low bonding energy.
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What is a unit cell?

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A unit cell is the smallest repeating arrangement of a material.

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What is the coordination number (CN)?

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The number of nearest neighbours or touching atoms.

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What is the atomic packing factor (APF)?

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The volume of atoms within a unit cell.

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What is a simple cubic (SC) structure?

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  • Close packing direction is on the cube edges
  • CN = 6
  • APF = 0.52
  • Rare, only Po has this structure
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What is a body centred cubic (BCC) structure?

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  • Close packing direction is in the body diagonal
  • CN = 8
  • APF = 0.68
  • Slip systems = 6 x 2 = 12
  • E.g. chromium, a-iron, tungsten
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What is a face centred cubic (FCC) structure?

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  • Close packing direction is on the face diagonal
  • CN = 12
  • APF = 0.74
  • Slip systems = 4 x 3 = 12
  • E.g. copper, aluminium, gold, (ductile materials)
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What is a hexagonal close packed (HCP) structure?

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  • CN = 12
  • APF = 0.74
  • Slip systems = 3
  • E.g. cadmium, magnesium, titanium, (non-ductile materials)
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What are slip systems?

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Slip systems = slip planes x slip directions

  • Slip planes are the most densely packed plane of the unit cell.
  • Slip occurs on specific atomic planes and in specific slip directions.
  • Ductility is linked to the crystal structure and close packed planes.
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What are single-crystalline materials?

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Single crystal materials ones where the repeating arrangements of atoms are perfect and extend throughout the entire specimen.

  • Benefit electronic and optical materials
  • Improve strength.
  • Anisotropic meaning properties vary with direction.
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What are poly-crystalline materials?

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  • Isotropic if grains are randomly orientated.
  • Anisotropic if grains are textured.
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What is the difference between isotropic and anisotropic materials?

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  • Isotropic = properties do not vary with direction.
  • Anisotropic = properties vary with direction.
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What are the different types of defect?

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Point defects (0D):

  • Vacancy atoms
  • Interstitial atoms
  • Substitutionary atoms

Line defects (1D):

  • Dislocations

Area defects (2D):

  • Grain boundaries

Volume defects (3D):

  • Precipitates
  • Cracks
  • Porosity
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What is the effect of dislocations / imperfections on a material?

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It affects many of the important properties of a material.

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What are the different types of line defects?

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  • Edge dislocation
  • Screw dislocation
  • Dislocations are mobile under applied stress and move by incrementally breaking and remaking bonds.
  • If a large number of dislocations are present, plastic deformation will occur in metals and alloys.
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How are dislocations affected in different types of material?

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Metals:

  • Dislocation is easy as bonding is non-directional.

Covalent ceramics:

  • Dislocation is hard due to directional bonding.

Ionic ceramics:

  • Dislocation is hard as it would produce +/+ and -/- neighbouring atoms which repel each other.
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What is the dislocation density?

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  • The total dislocation length per unit volume of a material, or the number of dislocations that intersect a unit area of random section.
  • The dislocation density typically determines the strength of a material.
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What are the different types of area defects?

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  • Grain boundaries are the regions found between two crystals where there is a transition from the lattice of one crystal to that of another.
  • The angle of misalignment acts as a measure of dislocation.
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What are the different types of volume defects?

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  • Cracks affect brittle metals.
  • Porosity can be introduced into ceramics and metals.

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