Engr.

354 Materials Science

Hw. No. 01
Notes
-Submit solutions in hard copies by Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015 no later than 9:00 am.
-No late submission will be accepted.

Q1. What is the molecular weight of the molecule Al2O3?

Q2. How many moles are there in 1Kg of pure iron (Fe)?
Q3. How many molecules of H2O are there in one liter of liquid water?
Q4. Calculate the number of atoms of lead (Pb) found in 1m diameter by 1m depth cylinder?
(Density of Pb at 20C = 11.34 gm/cm3)
Q5 Calculate the radius of an iridium atom, given that Ir has an FCC crystal structure, a density
of 22.4 g/cm3, and an atomic weight of 192.2 g/mol.
Q6. Why H2O molecule is considered as a permanent dipole?
Q7. What kind of bonding exist in the following chemicals: N2, H2, SiC, MgO, Graphite, NiO,
solid xenon, and HCl ?
Q8. How many iron atoms and how many oxygen atoms are there in a 1 cm3 of Fe3O4 ? (Density
of Fe3O4 = 5 gm/cm3)
Q9. What is the atomic fraction of Fe and O in a molecule of Fe2O3 ?
Q10. What is the atomic fraction of Si and O in a molecule of SiO2 ?
Q11. What is the weight fraction of Si and O in a molecule of SiO2 ?
Q12. Prove that the APF of FCC unit cell = 0.74.
Q13. Prove that for FCC, a= 4r/2 and for BCC, a=4r/3.

Q.14 The figure below shows a unit cell for a hypothetical metal.

(a) To which crystal system does this unit cell belong?

(b) What would this crystal structure be called?
(c) Calculate the density of the material, given that its atomic weight is 141 g/mol.

Q15. Inside a unit cell, draw the following directions: [100], [110], [-101], and [111].
Q16. Determine the indices for the directions shown in the following cubic unit cell:

Q17. What are the indices of the planes shown in the following unit cell?

Q18. Inside a unit cell, draw the following planes: (100), (111), (110), and (210).
Q19 How many unit cells are there in 1m3 of Cu? (Cu has FCC crystal structure, atomic radius
=0.128 nm). How many atoms of Cu are there?

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