MS1021 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering Quiz #1 (2019/10/3)

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(Write down your answers in the available space at both sides of the paper.)
1. Give an example to illustrate the process-structure-property relation of materials. (20 pts)
2. Explain the terms “single crystal”, “polycrystalline material” and “amorphous material”. (20
pts)
3. (a) What is the Thomson atomic model? Describe the experimental evidence to reject the
Thomson’s model. (15 pts) (b) Explain the classical electron orbital theory for atoms. (No need
to write down the equations.) What experimental observations does the model fail to explain?
State your reasoning. (15 pts)
4. Hydrogen atoms are excited from ground state by absorbing a radiation of frequency
=2.9231015 Hz. What is the principal quantum number of the excited state? (5 pts) Calculate
the possible wavelengths of the radiations when the hydrogen atoms return to lower energy
states? (10 pts) (En= -13.6 eV/n2; Planck constant = 6.63610-34 Js; 1eV=1.60210-19 J)
5. The net potential energy for a pair of oppositely charged ions is given by

Assume the equilibrium interionic distance a0 is achieved when Enet is minimum. Derive the
expression of a0 in terms of Z1, Z2, b and n. (15 pts)