Question - 1

The net potential energy between two adjacent ions, EN, may be represented by the equation;

𝑨 𝑩
𝑬𝑵 = − + 𝒏
𝑹 𝒓
a) Calculate the bonding energy E0 in terms of the parameters A, B, and n using the following procedure:
b)Differentiate EN with respect to r, and then set the resulting expression equal to zero, since the curve of EN versus r
is a minimum at E0.
c)Solve for r in terms of A, B, and n, which yield r0, the equilibrium interionic spacing.
d)Determine the expression for E0 by substitution of r0 into above equation.
 Question - 2
Compute the percents ionic character of the interatomic bonds for the following compounds: TiO2, ZnTe,
CsCl, InSb, and MgCl2.

% ionic character =
 Question - 3
a) What are the indices for the directions indicated by the two vectors in the sketch below?
 Question - 3
a) What are the indices for the directions indicated by the two vectors in the sketch below?
 Question - 4
b) Within a cubic cell, draw the following directions.
 Question - 4
a) Determine the Miller indices for the planes shown in the following unit cell:

+z

+y

+x
 Question - 4
b) Determine the Miller indices for the planes shown in the following unit cell:
 Question - 5
Calculate the radius of a Ta atom, given that Ta has a BCC crystal structure, a density of 16.6 g/cm3, and an atomic
weight of 180.9 g/mol.

𝑛 𝐴 𝑇𝑎
𝜌=
𝑉𝑐 𝑁𝐴
 Question - 6
Compute the atomic packing factor (APF) for cesium chloride (CsCl) crystal structure in which rC/rA = 0.732.

𝑛 𝐴 𝑇𝑎
𝜌=
𝑉𝑐 𝑁𝐴
 Question - 7
The unit cell of tin has tetragonal symmetry, with a and c lattice parameters of 0.583 and 0.318 nm,
respectively. If its density, atomic weight, and atomic radius are 7.30 g/cm3, 118.69 g/mol, and 0.151 nm,
respectively, compute the atomic packing factor (APF).

𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑉𝑠

𝐴𝑃𝐹 = =
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑉𝑐
 Question - 8
Derive the planar density expressions for FCC (100) and (111) planes in terms of the atomic radius R.
 Question - 9
The metal rhodium has an FCC crystal structure. If the angle of diffraction for the (311) set of planes occurs at 36.12º
(first-order reflection) when monochromatic x-radiation having a wavelength of 0.0711 nm is used, compute
a) The interplanar spacing for this set of planes 𝑎
𝑛λ = 2𝑑𝑠𝑖𝑛θ 𝑑=
b) The atomic radius for a rhodium atom ℎ2 + 𝑘 2 + 𝑙 2