American University of Ras Al Khaimah

School of Engineering/ Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department

Engineering Materials

Assignment # 1
(Due date Tuesday 10/10/2017)

PROBLEM # 1:

Given the following table, calculate the theoretical densities of Al, Ni, Mg, and W.

Material Crystal Structure Atomic Weight Atom Radius (nm)

(g/mol)
Al FCC 26.98 0.143
Ni FCC 58.69 0.125
Mg HCP 24.31 0.160
W BCC 183.85 0.137

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PROBLEM # 2:

Draw planes within hexagonal unit cells.

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PROBLEM # 3:

Draw the two directions [100] and [111] in copper FCC unit cell, and calculate
their linear densities. (Given R for copper atom is 0.128nm)

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PROBLEM # 4:
Draw the planes (100) and (110) in BCC unit cell and calculate their planar densities.

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