Solid State

Shairing of number of atoms per unit cell

Type of UnitNumber of atoms at cornersNumber of atoms on facesNumber of atoms in centerTotal
Simple Cubic$8 \times 1 / 8=1$001
Body Centred Cubic$8 \times 1 / 8=1$012
Face Centred Cubic$8 \times 1 / 8=1$$6 \times 1 / 2=3$04
End Centred Cubic$8 \times 1 / 8=1$$2 \times 1 / 2=1$02

Classification of Crystal into Seven System

ANALYSIS OF CUBICAL SYSTEM

PropertySCBCCFCC
(i) atomic radius(r) a = edge length$ \frac{a}{2} $$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a$$ \frac{a}{2\sqrt{2}} $
(ii) No. of atoms per unit cell(Z)124
(iii) C.No.6812
(iv) Packing efficiency52%68%74%
(v) No. voids $\newline$ (a) octahedral(Z) $\newline$ (b) tetrahedral(2Z)$\newline$ $\newline$ $\quad$ __ $\newline$ $\quad$ __$\newline$ $\newline$ $\quad$ __ $\newline$ $\quad$ __$\newline$ $\newline$ $\quad$ 4 $\newline$ $\quad$ 8

NEIGHBOUR HOOD OF A PARTICLE :

(I) Simple Cubic (SC) Structure:
Type of neighbourDistanceno. of neighbour
nearesta6 (shared by 4 cubes)
$(next)^1$$ a\sqrt{2} $12 (shared by 2 cubes)
$ (next)^2 $$ a\sqrt{3}$8 (unshared)
(II) Body Centered Cubic (BCC) Structure :
Type of neighbourDistanceno. of neighbour
nearest$ 2 r =a \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $8
$(next)^1$a6
$ (next)^2 $$ a\sqrt{2} $12
(III) Face Centered Cubic (FCC) Structure :
Type of neighbourDistanceno. of neighbour
nearest$ \frac{a}{\sqrt{2}}$$ 12 = \big(\frac{3 \times 8}{2}\big) $
$(next)^1$a$ 6 = \big(\frac{3 \times 8}{4}\big) $
$ (next)^2 $$ a\sqrt{\frac{3}{2}} $24

DENSITY OF LATTICE MATTER (d) $=\frac{Z}{N_{A}}\left(\frac{M}{a^{3}}\right)$

where $\quad N_{A}=$ Avogadro’s No. $M=$ atomic mass or molecular mass.

IONIC CRYSTALS

C.No. $\quad$ Limiting radius ratio $\left(\frac{r_{+}}{r_{-}}\right)$

$3 \quad \quad 0.155-0.225$ (Triangular)

$4 \quad \quad 0.225-0.414$ (Tetrahedral)

$6 \quad \quad 0.414-0.732$ (Octahedral)

$8 \quad\quad 0.732-0.999$ (Cubic).

EXAMPLES OF A IONIC CRYSTAL

(a) Rock Salt (NaCl) Coordination number $(6: 6)$

(b) CsCl C.No. (8 : 8)

Edge length of unit cell :-

$a_{\mathrm{sc}}=\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\left(r_{+}+r_{-}\right)$

(c) Zinc Blende (ZnS) C.No. (4 : 4)

$ a_{\mathrm{fcc}}=\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}\left(r_{\mathrm{Zn}^{2+}}+\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{s}^{2-}}\right) $

(d) Fluorite structure $\left(\mathrm{CaF}_{2}\right)$ C.No. $(8: 4)$

$ a_{\mathrm{fcc}}=\frac{4}{\sqrt{3}}\left(r_{\mathrm{Ca}^{2+}}+\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{F}^{-}}\right) $

Crystal Defects (Imperfections)

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