MATERIAL SCIENCE ENGINEERING - UNIT-1 TUTORIAL

1. If the atomic radius of lead is 0.175nm, calculate the volume of its unit cell in cubic meters.
2. Molybdenum has a BCC crystal structure and atomic radius of 0.1363nm and atomic weight of 95.94g/mol.
3. Calculate the radius of palladium atom if Pd has FCC crystal structure density of 12.0g/cm³ and atomic
weight of 106.4g/mol.
4. Niobium has an atomic radius of 0.143nm and density of 8.57g/cm³. Determine whether FCC OR BCC?
5. Find FCC, BCC OR SIMPLE CUBIC
ALLOY ATOMIC WEIGHT DENSITY (g/cm³) ATOMIC RADIUS FCC/BCC/SIMPLE
(g/mol) (nm) CUBIC
A 43.1 6.40 0.122
B 184.4 12.3 0.146
C 91.6 9.60 0.137
6. Convert (111) and (0-12) into planes into the four index Miller-Bravais scheme for hexagonal unit cells.
7. Convert [110] and [0-1-1] directions into four index miller bravais scheme for hexagonal unit cells.
8. Find the APF for hexagonal crystal packing with c/a ratio 1.6.
9. Cobalt has an HCP crystal structure of c/a ratio of 1.623 and atomic radius of 0.1253nm find the volume of
the unit cell for Cobalt.
10.Magnesium has an HCP crystal structure a c/a ratio of 1.624 and a density of 1.74g/cm³. Compute the atomic
radius for Mg.