QUIZ: Basic Concept of Crystal Structure

Write the answers on a piece paper.

1. A Greek word that means clear ice.

2. The angle between the normals to the two intersecting faces is called the
__________.

3. Many substances assume regular, repeating geometric arrangements and are

referred to as _______ structures.

4. Other substances solidify into random arrangements, known as __________

structures.

5. It is the smallest collection of atoms that displays all of the features of a crystal
structure.
a. Krystallos
b. interfacial angle
c. crystalline
d. Amorphous
e. unit cell

Answer bank

Krystallos 90° crystalline

amorphous interfacial angle Krystalos

unit cell
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6. A crystal is said to possess a _______ if it is possible to draw an imaginary line

through the center of the crystal and then to revolve the crystal about this line
through 360° in such a way that the crystal appears unchanged more than once.

7. SC, BCC, and FCC have packing efficiency of ___, ___, and ___, respectively.

8. SC, BCC, and FCC have coordination number of ___, ___, and ___, respectively.

9. SC, BCC, and FCC have atom number of ___, ___, and ___, respectively.

10. NaCl crystallises as cubes from aqueous solution and as octahedral from urea
solution but interfacial angles of all crystals of NaCl are found to be ____.

 line of symmetry
 52%, 68%, 74%
 6, 8, 12
 1, 2, 4
 90°
Answer Bank

plane of symmetry 90° line of symmetry

1, 2, 4 45° 6, 8, 12

52%, 68%, 74% 2, 3, 6 54%, 68%, 72%

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11. In other words, all faces cut a given axis at distances from the origin, which bear a
simple ratio to one another.

12. A crystal is said to possess a _______, if every face has another identical face at an
equal distance from the center.

13. The carbon atoms in diamond are joined by covalent bonds, and each atom displays
the same _______ geometry for molecules like methane.

14. Graphite has a _______ structure.

15. The cubic close-packed structure is often referred to as __________.

a. Law of rational indices
b. center of symmetry
c. tetrahedral
d. layered
e. face-centered cubic

Answer Bank
Steno's law Law of rational indices Center of symmetry

tetrahedral layered rhombohedral

face-centered cubic
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Answers
 QUIZ: Basic Concept of Crystal Structure

1. Krystallos
2. interfacial angle
3. crystalline
4. Amorphous
5. unit cell
6. line of symmetry
7. 52%, 68%, 74%
8. 6, 8, 12
9. 1, 2, 4
10. 90°
11. Law of rational indices
12. center of symmetry
13. tetrahedral
14. layered
15. face-centered cubic