Carl Josef B.

Carbonilla
EB3
Submitted to: Sir Jurgen Lapuz

1. The edge length of the titanium unit cell is 3.28 A. Using a body centered cubic
structure, what is the atomic radius and density of Ti? (answers: r=142pm, D=4.5
g/cm3)

Given: 𝑎, 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 = 47.867 𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙

Required: 𝑟, 𝐷 (𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦)
4𝑟
𝑎=
√3
𝑎√3
𝑟=
4
(3.28 Å)√3 100 𝑝𝑚
𝑟= = 1.4203 Å × = 𝟏𝟒𝟐. 𝟎𝟑 𝒑𝒎
4 1Å
𝑚
𝐷=
𝑉
1 × 10−8 𝑐𝑚
𝑉 = 𝑎3 = (3.28 Å)3 = 35.288 Å3 × ( )3 = 3.529 × 10−23 𝑐𝑚3
1Å
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑇𝑖 47.867 𝑔
2 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑇𝑖 × × = 1.590 × 10−22 𝑔
6.022 × 1023 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑇𝑖
1.590 × 10−22 𝑔
𝐷= = 𝟒. 𝟓𝟎𝟓 𝒈/𝒄𝒎𝟑
3.529 × 10−23 𝑐𝑚3
 2. The atomic radius of Pb is 174 pm. Using a cubic closest packing structure, what
is the length of the unit cell and the density of Pb in g/cm3? (answers: a=492pm,
D=11.6g/cm3)

Given: 𝑟, 𝑃𝑏 = 207.2 𝑔/𝑚𝑜𝑙

Required: 𝑎, 𝐷 (𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦)

𝑎 = √8𝑟

𝑎 = √8(174 𝑝𝑚) = 𝟒𝟗𝟐. 𝟏𝟓 𝒑𝒎

𝑚
𝐷=
𝑉
1 × 10−10 𝑐𝑚 3
𝑉 = 𝑎3 = (492.15 𝑝𝑚)3 = 1.192 × 108 𝑝𝑚3 × ( ) = 1.192 × 10−22 𝑐𝑚3
1 𝑝𝑚
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑃𝑏 207.2 𝑔
4 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝑃𝑏 × × = 1.376 × 10−21 𝑔
6.022 × 1023 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠 1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 𝑃𝑏
1.376 × 10−21 𝑔
𝐷= = 𝟏𝟏. 𝟓𝟒𝟔 𝒈/𝒄𝒎𝟑
1.192 × 10−22 𝑐𝑚3
 3. X-rays with wavelength of 125 pm was used to study a crystal which produced a
reflection at an angle of 17.4°. Assuming first order diffraction, what is the
distance (in pm) between planes of atoms? (answer: d=209pm)

Given: 𝑛, 𝜆, 𝜃
Required: 𝑑 (𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔)
𝑛𝜆 = 2𝑑 sin 𝜃
𝑛𝜆
𝑑=
2 sin 𝜃
(1)(125 𝑝𝑚)
𝑑= = 𝟐𝟎𝟗. 𝟎𝟎 𝒑𝒎
2 sin(17.4°)

4. The second order diffraction for a certain crystal was 18.4 degrees using x-rays
with a wavelength of 142 pm. What is the interplanar spacing of atoms in this
crystals in pm? (answer: d=450pm)

Given: 𝑛, 𝜆, 𝜃
Required: 𝑑 (𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔)
𝑛𝜆 = 2𝑑 sin 𝜃
𝑛𝜆
𝑑=
2 sin 𝜃
(2)(142 𝑝𝑚)
𝑑= = 𝟒𝟒𝟗. 𝟖𝟕 𝒑𝒎
2 sin(18.4°)