ESO205A: Nature & Properties of Materials

Assignment #1
Due Date: August, 11, 2016
1. Among the 14 Bravais lattice given in the class, there were three cubic lattices: simple, body
centered and face centered. But among the tetragonal lattices, there were only simple and
body centered lattices. What happened to the face centered tetragonal lattice?
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3. a) Calculate c/a ratio and atomic packing factor (APF) in a HCP structure.
b) If Zr with HCP structure is described by a hexagonal lattice with unit cell vectors a1 and a2
120o apart and c vector orthogonal to both a1 and a2, how many Zr atoms lie in this cell. Draw
the cell and show these positions. Also, specify the basis set to generate the Zr crystal
structure.
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4. Shown are three different
crystallographic planes for a unit cell of
some hypothetical metal. The circles
represent atoms.
a) To what crystal system does the unit
cell belong?
b) What would this crystal structure be called

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(101)
(110)

(011)

5. For the motif (smiley) shown below, draw the pattern that will have 3 fold rotational symmetry
about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the paper, located about me diameter away from
the center of the motif.
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