Problems

1. If the atomic radius of aluminum is 0.143 nm, calculate the

volume of its unit cell in cubic meters (Hint : FCC structure).

2. Within a cubic unit cell, sketch the following directions:

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3. Suppose that Li2O is added as an impurity to CaO. If the Li+
substitutes for Ca2+, what kind of vacancies would you expect to
form? How many of these vacancies are created for every Li +
added?
4. For an ASTM grain size of 4, approximately how many grains
would there be per square inch in a micrograph taken at a
magnification of 100x?
5. What is the composition, in atom percent, of an alloy that contains
98 g tin and 65 g of lead?

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1. For this problem, we are asked to calculate the volume of a unit
cell of aluminum. Aluminum has an FCC crystal structure .
The FCC unit cell volume may be computed from Equation as

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2.

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3. For Li+ substituting for Ca2+ in CaO, oxygen vacancies
would be created.
For each Li+ substituting for Ca2+, one positive charge is
removed; in order to maintain charge neutrality, a single
negative charge may be removed.
Negative charges are eliminated by creating oxygen
vacancies, and for every two Li+ ions added, a single
oxygen vacancy is formed.

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4. the number of grains per square inch (N) at a
magnification of 100X, and for an ASTM grain
size of 4.

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5.

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