BODY-CENTERED CUBIC

- Another common metallic crystal structure

that has a cubic unit cell with atoms located at
all eight corners and a single atom at the cube
center
BODY-CENTERED CUBIC
BODY-CENTERED CUBIC
DENSITY CALCULATIONS: EXAMPLE:
When molybdenum crystallizes it forms body-
centered cubic cells. The unit cell edge is 314.1
pm. What is the density of molybdenum in
g/cm3?
Where:
SOLUTION:
n = number of atoms associated GIVEN:
with each unit cell n=2
A = atomic weight
A = 95.94 g/mol
Vc = volume of the unit cell
NA = Avogadros number (6.022 Vc = ? ; can be calculated (a3)
x 1023 atoms/mol) NA = 6.022 x 1023 atoms/mol
BODY-CENTERED CUBIC
SOLUTION:
BODY-CENTERED CUBIC

Some of the materials that have a bcc structure include lithium, sodium,
potassium, chromium, barium, vanadium, alpha-iron and tungsten.
Metals which have a bcc structure are usually harder and less malleable
than close-packed metals such as gold.
Hexagonal
Closed-packing
Structure with top and bottom faces of the unit cell
consisting of six atoms that form regular hexagons
and surround a single atom in the center
 Packing
Factor 74% Corner
Atoms 12
Number 12 3
Coordination Inside
Atoms

2
Face
Per Cell 6
No. of Atoms
Atoms
 Materials with HCP d

Cd Co Ti Zn - Callister

Be Mg Zr - NDT Resource Center