25. The lattice parameter of BCC caesium is 6.13 A.

If one atom is missing

from one out of 800 unit cells, calculate (a) the number of vacancies per
cubic centimeter and (b) the density of caesium.
(a) vacancies/cm3 = (1 vacancy / 8000 cells) 5.43 X 101B
(6.13 x 1O-B cm )3

(b) In 800 cells of a BCC metal, there are 1600 lattice points.
Since one atom is missing in 800 cells, the average number of
Cs atoms per cell is

(1599 / 1600)(2 lattice points/cell) = 1.99875 Cs atoms/cell

p = ~9875 atoms/cell) (132.91 g/mol) 1.9157 g/cm3
(6.0849 x 10- B cm)3(6.02 x 1023 atoms/mol)

26. The lattice parameter of FCC strontium is 6.0849 A. If one atom is

missing for each 1,500 strontium atoms, calculate (a) the density of
strontium and (b) the number of vacancies per gram.

(a) The number of Sr atoms/cell is

(1499/1500)(4 lattice points/cell) = 3.99733 Sr atoms/cell

= (3.99733 atoms/cell) (87.62 g/mol) = 2.582 M /m3

p -B 3 23 g
(6.0849 x 10 cm) (6.02 x 10 atoms/mol)

(b) vacancies/m3 = (1 vacancy/1500 atoms) (4 atoms/cell)

(6.0849 x 10- 10 m)3
0.11836 x 1026

(0.11836 X 1026 vacancies/m3 ) 4.552 101B

vacancies/gram X
2.582 x 106 g/m 3

27. A BCC alloy of tungsten containing substitutional atoms of vanadium has a

density of 16.912 Mg/m3 with a lattice parameter of 3.1378 A. Calculate
the fraction of vanadium atoms in the alloy

Let Fy be the fraction of Y atoms; then (1 - fy) is the fraction of

tungsten atoms. The molecular weight of Y is 50.941 g/mol and that
of W is 183.85 g/mol. From the density equation
6 3 (2 atoms/cell)[(~ )(50.941) + (1 - f y )(183.85)
16.912 x 10 g/m
(3.1378 x 10-10 m)3(6.02 x 1023 atoms/mol)

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