Crystal
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Outline
• Lattice
• Basis
• Crystal Structure
– Poly Crystal
– Single Crystal
• Unit Cell
• Cubic Crystal System
– Simple Cubic(SC) ,
– Face Centered Cubic(FCC) ,
– Body Centered Cubic(BCC)
- The seven crystal system
- Hexagonal close pack unit cell(HCP)
-References
Crystal structure = Lattice + Basis
Basic Of Crystal Structure
Lattice:-
"An infinite periodic array of points in a
space "
-The arrangement of points defines the
lattice symmetry
-A lattice may be one, two or three
dimensonal
Cont…
Basis(Motif):-
A group of one or more atoms, located in a
particular way with respect to each other
and associated with each point, is known as
the Motif or Basis.
Motif
Crystal structure
-so we obtain a crystal structure by adding
the lattice and basis
- So we can say that, When an atom or
identical group of atoms is attached to every
lattice point, we obtain a crystal structure.
• Crystals are classified into two
types
1. Poly crystal
2. Single crystal
• Poly crystal: In this type of crystal
periodicity is not maintained
throughout the body.
• Single crystal: In this type
of crystal periodicity is
maintained throughout the
body.
Fluorite Pyrite
Octahedron Cube
2. Tetragonal Crystals
a=bc
= = = 90º
Zircon
3. Orthorhombic Crystals
abc
= = = 90º
Topaz
4. Hexagonal Crystals
a=bc
= = 90º =
120º
Corundum
5. Rhombohedral Crystals
a=b=c
,,
90º
Tourmaline
6. Monoclinic Crystals
abc
90º, , = 90º
Kunzite
7. Triclinic Crystals
abc
Amazonite
Hexagonal structure
0D 1D 2D 3D
(Point defects) (Line defects) (Surface / Interface) (Volume defects)
Missing atom
Interstitial atom
Mixed dislocation
This dislocation has both edge and screw character with a single Burgers vector
consistent with the pure edge and pure screw regions.
Mixed dislocation
Screw dislocation
SURFACE DEFECTS
• Surface defects are associated with boundaries
that are separate regions of the materials and
have different crystal structure.
• Two Dimensional defect.
• Due to change in orientation of the atomic
planes and stacking sequence of atomic planes.
• Caused during solidification or mechanical or
thermal treatment of material.
• Effect the mechanical properties, electrical
resistance and corrosion resistance.
PLANAR OR SURFAC
E DEFECTS
It is a two dimensional defect. Planar defects during mechanical and thermal
treatments.
The change may be of the orientation or of the stacking sequence of the planes.
Grain boundaries
Twin boundaries
Bulk or Volume Defects
PERCIPITATES : precipitates, which are a fraction of a micron in size and decorate the
crystal
DISPERSANTS :Dispersants, which vary in size from a fraction of a micron to the
normal grain size (10-100µm), some time they are intentionally introduced into the
microstructure
INCLUSIONS : Inclusions vary in size from a few microns to macroscopic dimensions,
and are relatively large, undesirable particles that entered the system as dirt or formed by
precipitation
VOIDS : voids are holes in the solid formed by trapped gases or by the accumulation of
vacancies.
Mechanisms of Plastic de
formation
Twinning
•Portion of crystal takes up an orientation that is related to the
orientation of the rest of the untwined lattice in a definite,
symmetrical way.
# Schmid Law
Normal to slip
plane
Slip direction
# Area of the slip plane = A / Cos
# Load acting on the slip plane = P Cos
Schmid law
R / = Cos Cos M
M = Schmid factor
# Maximum value of ( M = cos cos ) corresponds to
= = 45o, M = 0.5, y = 2 CRSS
Slip bands
Deformation by Twinning
Slip Twin
Orientation across the slip Orientation across the twin
plane is same plane is different
Atomic movements are equal Atomic movements are lesser
to atomic distances than atomic distances
Atoms are moving in only Atoms are moving in all
one plane (slip plane) planes in the region of twin
Takes place in milli seconds Takes place in less than
micro seconds
Takes place at low strain Takes place at high strain
rates rates
No sound is created A click sound (Tin cry)