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The document is a lecture presentation on Materials Science and Engineering, focusing on topics such as crystalline and amorphous materials, lattice structures, and Bravais lattices. It covers concepts like atomic packing factor, coordination numbers, and Miller indices. The lecture is delivered by Dr. Sujith R at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

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Lecture - 4

The document is a lecture presentation on Materials Science and Engineering, focusing on topics such as crystalline and amorphous materials, lattice structures, and Bravais lattices. It covers concepts like atomic packing factor, coordination numbers, and Miller indices. The lecture is delivered by Dr. Sujith R at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

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Materials Science & Engineering

ME F216 _ Lecture No. 4


Dr. Sujith R
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept,
BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.
BITS Pilani [email protected]
Hyderabad Campus
040 6630 3687
“Let no one ignorant of geometry enter”

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Platonic solids

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Crystalline and
amorphous material

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Which is more stable?

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Lattice and crystal

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Bravais lattices

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Symmetry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCK5oGmRtxQ

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3D crystal structure

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7 crystal systems

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Bravais lattices for
cubic Hard sphere model

Examples:

No of atoms =
Coordination number =
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Co-ordination number
of Simple cubic

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Co-ordination number
of FCC

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Atomic packing factor
of FCC
APF = Volume of atoms in a unit cell / Total unit cell volume

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ABC stacking

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AB stacking

APF =

Examples:
No of atoms =
Coordination number =
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Theoretical density of a
crystal
𝑛𝐴
ρ=
𝑉𝑐 𝑁𝐴

Atomic weight of Al: 26.982 g/mol


Atomic radius of Al: 143 pm
Crystal structure: FCC

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Miller indices for
direction [u v w]

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Miller indices for
direction

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Miller indices for
direction

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Miller indices for
direction

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Miller indices for
direction

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Family of directions
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Family of directions
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Family of directions
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