LIMITING RADIUS RATIO OF NON- Nushrat Naushin

Lecturer

CLOSED PACKED STRUCTURES Department of MSE

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CUBIC VOID

[ Here, a=2R ]
DISTORTED TETRAHEDRAL VOID IN BCC CRYSTAL
 a2 a2 5
From the right angled triange OCM: OC    arx
16 4 4
4r
For a BCC structure: 3a  4r ( a  )
3

5 4r x  5 
 r  x     1  0.29
4 3 r  3 
DISTORTED TETRAHEDRAL VOID IN BCC CRYSTAL
2a
OA   .707a
2
a
OB   0.5a
2
This implies:
a
OB  r  x 
2
4r
rx
2 3

x 2 3 
   1  0.1547
r  3 
FINDINGS:
The tetrahedral voids in BCC have a larger limiting radius ratio of 0.29
The tetrahedral voids in FCC have a limiting radius ratio of 0.225
The Octahedral voids in BCC have a limiting radius ratio of 0.155
The Octahedral voids in FCC have a limiting radius ratio of 0.414