CHEM3115 Inorganic Materials Lec-4

CHEM3115
INORGANIC MATERIALS
CHEMISTRY
Lecture-IV
Introduction to Inorganic Materials
By TEHREEM NAZ
Contents
Unit Cells and Crystal Lattice
Characteristics of Unit cell and crystal lattice
Types of Unit Cells

Unit Cell and Crystal Lattice
Unit Cell
Characteristics of Unit Cell
Characteristics of Crystal Lattics
Parameters of a unit cell
• A unit cell is characterized by six parameters. These parameters are
three edges (a, b and c) and angles between them .
• Dimensions along the edges of a unit cell is represented by a, b and c.
• Edges of unit cell may or may not be mutually perpendicular.
• The angle between b and c is represented by α, between a and c by β
and between a and b by γ.
Types Of Unit Cell
• There are two types of unit cells
1. Primitive Unit Cell
2. Centered Unit Cell
Primitive Unit Cells
• When particles in unit cell are present only at the corners, it is called
the primitive unit cell or the unit cell constructed so that it contains
only one lattice point is called primitive cell means that there is n
number of cells sharing the lattice point, each vertex of the cell sits
on a lattice point which is shared with the surrounding cells and
each lattice point is said to contribute 1/n to the total number of
lattice points in the cell.
•
Number of atoms/Lattice points in primitive Unit Cells
• The constituent atom/particle present at each lattice point is shared

by 8 unit cells.
• Therefore each corner atom contribute 1/8 atom to each unit cell.
• So each primitive unit cell has only one atom in total.
• 8 x 1/8 = 1
Centered Unit Cells
• When particles are present at other positions in addition to those at
corners in a unit cell, it is called a Centered Unit Cell.
Body-centered Unit cell
• Some metals crystallize in an arrangement that has a unit cell with
atoms at all of the corners and an atom in the center. This is called
a body-centered unit cell abbreviated as I.
Number of atoms/Lattice points in Body Centered Unit Cells
• Atoms in the corners of a BC unit cell do not contact each other but
contact the atom in the center.
• A BC unit cell contains two atoms: one-eighth of an atom at each of
the eight corners (8 × 1/8 = 1 atom from the corners) plus one atom
from the center.
• Any atom in this structure touches four atoms in the layer above it
and four atoms in the layer below it. Thus, an atom in a BCC
structure has a coordination number of eight.
Face centered unit cell
• When particles in unit cell are not only present at the corners but
also at the center of each face is called face centered unit cell and
denoted by F.
Number of atoms/Lattice points in face centered Unit Cells
• A FC unit cell contains four atoms: one-eighth of an atom at each of
the eight corners (8 × 1/8 = 1 atom from the corners)) and one-half
of an atom on each of the six faces (6 × 1/2 = 3 atoms from the
corners) atoms from the faces).
• The atoms at the corners touch the atoms in the centers of the
adjacent faces along the face diagonals of the cube. Because the
atoms are on identical lattice points, they have identical
environments.
End-Centered Unit Cell
• If one constituent particle lies at the center of any two opposite faces
besides the particles lying at the corners, it is known as End-
Centered Unit Cell. It is also known as base-centered unit cell.
Number of atoms/Lattice points in end centered Unit Cells
• A FC unit cell contains 2 atoms: one-eighth of an atom at each of the

eight corners (8 × 1/8 = 1 atom from the corners)) and one-half of an
atom on each of the six faces (2 × 1/2 = 1 atoms from the
corners atoms from the faces).
• The atoms at the corners touch the atoms in the centers of the
adjacent faces along the face diagonals of the unit cell. Because the
atoms are on identical lattice points, they have identical
environments.
Video links
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleRDgrQfqw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99RdsZKEqFc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWJD-vOoCyU

CHEM3115 Inorganic Materials Lec-4

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

CHEM3115 Inorganic Materials Lec-4

Uploaded by

Document Information

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

CHEM3115 Inorganic Materials Lec-4

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

CHEM3115

Unit Cells and Crystal Lattice

Characteristics of Unit cell and crystal lattice

Types of Unit Cells

• The constituent atom/particle present at each lattice point is shared

• A FC unit cell contains 2 atoms: one-eighth of an atom at each of the

You might also like