MECH 227 STUDY QUESTION, Fall 2019-2020 Prof. Dr. C.

Durucan 1/2

MECH 227
Engineering Material
“STUDY Set-1”

A1. Show: (a) crystallographic directions: [110] and [321]

(b) crystallographic planes: (111) and (120)
on the cubic unit cells provided below.

A2. Determine the Miller Indices of the planes:

A3. Draw and index 2 planes that are crystallographically

equivalent to the shaded plane in A2-A.
Use the blank unit cell to draw the planes and
list their respective Miller indices.

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MECH 227 STUDY QUESTION, Fall 2019-2020 Prof. Dr. C. Durucan 2/2

B1. Sketch a potential energy vs. interatomic distance curve for two isolated atoms. Explain,
-what this curve implies in regard bonding, i.e why do atoms tend to form bonds?
-what critical bonding characteristics can be obtined from this curve?

B2. Sketch potential energy vs. interatomic distance curve for a material with high melting
point and for material with low melting point. State the main diffrerence clearly.

B3. A material has simple cubic structure and the radius of its atoms is R.
a) Calculate the atomic packing factor for this metal assuming that the atoms touch
each other along the edge of the unit cell.
b) Prove that the atomic packing for body centered cubic (bcc) structure is 0.68.
(Use simple schematic drawings for both parts.)

B4. Calculate the radius of an iridium (Ir) atom given that Ir has an face centered cubic (fcc)
crystal structure, a density of 22.4 g/cm3, and an atomic weight of 192.2 g/mol.
(Avagadro’s number = 6.023x1023 atoms/mol)

B5. Why do we consider external surfaces as defects, i.e why are external surfaces at
considerably higher energy state with respect to the rest of the crystalline material? State
another two-dimensional defect observed in polycrystalline materials.

B6. The density of a sample FCC palladium is 11.98 g/cm3 and its lattice parameter, (unit
cell dimension) is a=3.8902 Angstrom. Calculate
(a ) The fraction of the lattice point that contain vacancies (empty atomic sites)
(b) The total number of vacancies in cubic centimeter of Pd.
(Avagadro’s number = 6.023x1023 atoms/moll, At. weight Pd=106.4 g)

B7. Why is the theoretical yield strength (i.e. resistance to plastic deformation) of metals
much higher than that observed experimentally?

B8. What are the three general types of atomic imperfections or defects in a crystalline
material...Discuss each type very briefly.

B9. A metal having a cubic structure has a density of 1.892 g/cm 3, an atomic weight of
132.91g/mol, and a lattice parameter of 6.13 Angstrom. One atom is associalted with each
lattice point. Determine the crystals stucture of the metal.
(Avagadro’s number = 6.023x1023 atoms/mol)

B10. Calculate the planar atomic density in atoms per square millimeter (i.e. in terms
number of atoms/mm2) of for the following crystal planes in BCC chromium, which has a
lattice constant of 0.28846 nm: (a) (100), (b) (110).

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