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Assuming atoms of radius of 1.00 Å and atoms just touching one another, calculate the percentage...

Assuming atoms of radius of 1.00 Å and atoms just touching one another, calculate the percentage of the volume taken up in a face-centered cubic unit cell by those atoms.

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  • In FCC, along with the atoms in the 8 corner of a unit cell, we will have 1 atom sitting at the centre of each face.
  • Atoms present at the corner will contribute 1/8 to unit cell
  • Atoms present at the centre of face contribute 1/2 to unit cell
  • A cube will have 8 corners and 6 faces.
  • Number of atoms per unit cell of FCC, Z = (8 x 1/8) + (6 x 1/2) = 4
  • In FCC, atoms along the face diagonal touch each other.

  • In triangle ABC, using Pythagorean theorem we can write

                                                           AC2 = AB2 + BC2

                                                           F2 = a2 + a2 = 2a2

  • We can also see from the diagram that, F = 4r. So,

                                                           (4r)2 = 2a2

                                                           16r2 = 2a2

                                                           a =

  • Packing efficiency = x 100

                                                           Packing efficiency = x 100 = x 100

                                                           Packing efficiency = 74%

74% of the cube volume is occupied by the atoms


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