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1) This document contains 7 problems related to calculating properties of alloys and defects in materials. 2) Problem 1 asks to calculate the energy of vacancy formation in silver given equilibrium vacancy data at 1073K. 3) Problem 2 asks to calculate the composition in atom percent and weight percent of two alloys given partial composition data. 4) Problem 3 asks to determine the crystal structure of a hypothetical alloy given its composition and constituent properties.

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1) This document contains 7 problems related to calculating properties of alloys and defects in materials. 2) Problem 1 asks to calculate the energy of vacancy formation in silver given equilibrium vacancy data at 1073K. 3) Problem 2 asks to calculate the composition in atom percent and weight percent of two alloys given partial composition data. 4) Problem 3 asks to determine the crystal structure of a hypothetical alloy given its composition and constituent properties.

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CL 409 Problem Set 4 Autumn - 2022

For all the problems state the assumptions you consider clearly.

Problem 1
Calculate the energy of vacancy formation in silver, given that the equilibrium number of vacancies at 1073 K is
3.6  1023 m3 . The atomic weight and density at 1073 K for silver are, respectively, 107.9 g/mol and 9.5 g/cm3.

Problem 2
a) What is the composition, in atom percent, of an alloy that consists of 92.5 wt% Ag and 7.5 wt% Cu?
b) What is the composition, in weight percent, if an alloy that consists of 5 at% Cu and 95 at% Pt?

Problem 3
Some hypothetical alloy is composed of 25 wt% of metal A and 75 wt% of metal B. If densities of metals A and B are
6.17 and 8.00 g/cm3, respectively, whereas their respective atomic weights are 171.3 and 162.0 g/mol, determine whether
the crystal structure for this alloy is simple cubic, face-centred cubic, or body-centred cubic. Assume a unit cell edge
length of 0.332 nm.

Problem 4
Gold forms a substitutional solid solution with silver. Compute the weight percent of gold that must be added to silver to
yield an alloy that contains 5.5  1021 Au atoms per cubic centimetre. The densities of pure Au and Ag are 19.32 and 10.49
g/cm3, respectively.

Problem 5
Iron and vanadium both have the BCC crystal structure, and V forms a substitutional solid solution for concentrations up
to approximately 20 wt% V at room temperature. Compute the unit cell edge length for a 90 wt% Fe – 10 wt% V alloy.

Problem 6
Would you expect Frenkel defects for anions to exist in ionic ceramics in relatively large concentrations? Why or why
not?

Problem 7
Calculate the fraction of lattice sites that are Schottky defects for cesium chloride at its melting temperature (645° C).
Assume an energy for defect formation is 1.86 eV.

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