Introduction To Materials Science, Chapter 3, The structure of crystalline solids

Types Outline of Solids Chapter

Crystalline material: atoms self-organize in a periodic How do atoms arrange themselves to form solids? array

Fundamental concepts and language Single crystal: atoms are in a repeating or periodic array over the entire extent of the material Unit cells Crystal structures Polycrystalline material: comprised of many small ! Face-centered cubic crystals or grains cubic ! Body-centered ! Hexagonal close-packed Close packed crystal structures Density computations Types of solids Single crystal Polycrystalline Amorphous
Amorphous: lacks a systematic atomic arrangement

Crystalline

Amorphous

3.73.10 Crystallography Not Covered / Not Tested 3.15 Diffraction Not Covered / Not Tested Learning objectives #5, #6 - Not Covered / Not Tested SiO2
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Crystal structure
To discuss crystalline structures it is useful to consider atoms as being hard spheres with well-defined radii. In this hard-sphere model, the shortest distance between two like atoms is one diameter. We can also consider crystalline structure as a lattice of points at atom/sphere centers.

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Unit Cell
The unit cell is the smallest structural unit or building block that can describe the the crystal structure. Repetition of the unit cell generates the entire crystal. Example: 2D honeycomb net can be represented by translation of two adjacent atoms that form a unit cell for this 2D crystalline structure

Example of 3D crystalline structure:

Different choices of unit cells possible, generally choose parallelepiped unit cell with highest level of symmetry
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Metallic Crystal Structures

! Metals are usually (poly)crystalline; although formation of amorphous metals is possible by rapid cooling ! As we learned in Chapter 2, the atomic bonding in metals is non-directional no restriction on numbers or positions of nearest-neighbor atoms large number of nearest neighbors and dense atomic packing ! Atom (hard sphere) radius, R, defined by ion core radius - typically 0.1 - 0.2 nm ! The most common types of unit cells are the facedcentered cubic (FCC), the body-centered cubic (FCC) and the hexagonal close-packed (HCP).

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Face-Centered Cubic (FCC) Crystal Structure (I)

! Atoms are located at each of the corners and on the centers of all the faces of cubic unit cell ! Cu, Al, Ag, Au have this crystal structure

Two representations of the FCC unit cell

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Face-Centered Cubic Crystal Structure (II)

R a
! The hard spheres or ion cores touch one another across a face diagonal the cube edge length, a= 2R2 ! The coordination number, CN = the number of closest neighbors to which an atom is bonded = number of touching atoms, CN = 12 ! Number of atoms per unit cell, n = 4. (For an atom that is shared with m adjacent unit cells, we only count a fraction of the atom, 1/m). In FCC unit cell we have:

6 face atoms shared by two cells: 6 x 1/2 = 3 8 corner atoms shared by eight cells: 8 x 1/8 = 1
! Atomic packing factor, APF = fraction of volume occupied by hard spheres = (Sum of atomic volumes)/(Volume of cell) = 0.74 (maximum possible)
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Face-Centered Cubic Crystal Structure (III)

! Corner and face atoms in the unit cell are equivalent ! FCC crystal has APF of 0.74, the maximum packing for a system equal-sized spheres FCC is a close-packed structure ! FCC can be represented by a stack of close-packed planes (planes with highest density of atoms)

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Body-Centered Cubic (BCC) Crystal Structure (I)

Atom at each corner and at center of cubic unit cell Cr, -Fe, Mo have this crystal structure

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Body-Centered Cubic Crystal Structure (II)

a
! The hard spheres touch one another along cube diagonal the cube edge length, a= 4R/3 ! The coordination number, CN = 8 ! Number of atoms per unit cell, n = 2 Center atom (1) shared by no other cells: 1 x 1 = 1 8 corner atoms shared by eight cells: 8 x 1/8 = 1 ! Atomic packing factor, APF = 0.68 ! Corner and center atoms are equivalent

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Hexagonal Close-Packed Crystal Structure (I)

! HCP is one more common structure of metallic crystals ! Six atoms form regular hexagon, surrounding one atom in center. Another plane is situated halfway up unit cell (c-axis), with 3 additional atoms situated at interstices of hexagonal (close-packed) planes ! Cd, Mg, Zn, Ti have this crystal structure

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Hexagonal Close-Packed Crystal Structure (II)

! Unit cell has two lattice parameters a and c. Ideal ratio c/a = 1.633 ! The coordination number, CN = 12 (same as in FCC) ! Number of atoms per unit cell, n = 6. 3 mid-plane atoms shared by no other cells: 3 x 1 = 3
12 hexagonal corner atoms shared by 6 cells: 12 x 1/6 = 2
2 top/bottom plane center atoms shared by 2 cells: 2 x 1/2 = 1

! Atomic packing factor, APF = 0.74 (same as in FCC) ! All atoms are equivalent

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Close-packed Structures (FCC and HCP)

! Both FCC and HCP crystal structures have atomic packing factors of 0.74 (maximum possible value) ! Both FCC and HCP crystal structures may be generated by the stacking of close-packed planes ! The difference between the two structures is in the stacking sequence

HCP: ABABAB...

FCC: ABCABCABC
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FCC: Stacking Sequence ABCABCABC...

Third plane is placed above the holes of the first plane not covered by the second plane

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HCP: Stacking Sequence ABABAB...

Third plane is placed directly above the first plane of atoms

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Density Computations
Since the entire crystal can be generated by the repetition of the unit cell, the density of a crystalline material, = the density of the unit cell = (atoms in the unit cell, n ) (mass of an atom, M) / (the volume of the cell, Vc) Atoms in the unit cell, n = 2 (BCC); 4 (FCC); 6 (HCP) Mass of an atom, M = Atomic weight, A, in amu (or g/mol) is given in the periodic table. To translate mass from amu to grams we have to divide the atomic weight in amu by the Avogadro number NA = 6.023 1023 atoms/mol The volume of the cell, Vc = a3 (FCC and BCC) a = 2R2 (FCC); a = 4R/3 (BCC) where R is the atomic radius Thus, the formula for the density is:

nA = Vc N A

Atomic weight and atomic radius of many elements you can find in the table at the back of the textbook front cover.
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Polymorphism and Allotropy

Some materials may exist in more than one crystal structure, this is called polymorphism. If the material is an elemental solid, it is called allotropy. An example of allotropy is carbon, which can exist as diamond, graphite, and amorphous carbon.

Pure, solid carbon occurs in three crystalline forms diamond, graphite; and large, hollow fullerenes. Two kinds of fullerenes are shown here: buckminsterfullerene (buckyball) and carbon nanotube.
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Single Crystals and Polycrystalline Materials

Single crystal: atoms are in a repeating or periodic array over the entire extent of the material Polycrystalline material: comprised of many small crystals or grains.The grains have different crystallographic orientation. There exist atomic mismatch within the regions where grains meet. These regions are called grain boundaries.

Grain Boundary

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Polycrystalline Materials

Atomistic model of a nanocrystalline solid by Mo Li, JHU

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Polycrystalline Materials

Simulation of annealing of a polycrystalline grain structure

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Anisotropy
Different directions in a crystal have a different packing. For instance, atoms along the edge of FCC unit cell are more separated than along the face diagonal. This causes anisotropy in the properties of crystals, for instance, the deformation depends on the direction in which a stress is applied. In some polycrystalline materials, grain orientations are random, so bulk material properties are isotropic Some polycrystalline materials have grains with preferred orientations (texture), so properties are dominated by those relevant to the texture orientation and the material exhibits anisotropic properties

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Non-Crystalline (Amorphous) Solids

In amorphous solids, there is no long-range order. But amorphous does not mean random, in many cases there is some form of short-range order.

Schematic picture of amorphous SiO2 structure

Amorphous structure from simulations by E. H. Brandt

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Summary
Make sure you understand language and concepts: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Allotropy Amorphous Anisotropy Atomic packing factor (APF) Body-centered cubic (BCC) Coordination number Crystal structure Crystalline Face-centered cubic (FCC) Grain Grain boundary Hexagonal close-packed (HCP) Isotropic Lattice parameter Non-crystalline Polycrystalline Polymorphism Single crystal Unit cell

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Reading for next class:

Chapter 4: Imperfections in Solids Point defects (vacancies, interstitials) Dislocations (edge, screw) Grain boundaries (tilt, twist) Weight and atomic composition

Optional reading (Parts that are not covered / not tested):

4.9 Microscopy 4.10 Grain size determination

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