Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

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Chapter 3 - The Structure of Crystalline Solids - Questions and Problems - Page 98: 3.19

Answer

$V_{c}=4.3\times10^{-23}\frac{cm^3}{unit cell}$ $\rho=2.07\frac{g}{cm^3}$

Work Step by Step

Given Beryllium (Be) has an HCP unit cell and the radius of the Be atom is 0.1143 nm. $\frac{c}{a}=1.568$ $c=3.13R$ $V_{c}=6 R^2 c\sqrt{2}$ Since HCP has a total of 6 atoms, we see that A=9.01. So, the total volume of sphere is: $V_{c}=6 R^2 c\sqrt{2}= 6\times 3.13\times(0.1143\times10^{-7})^3=4.3\times10^{-23}\frac{cm^3}{unit cell}$ $V_{c}=4.3\times10^{-23}\frac{cm^3}{unit cell}$ The density of the cell is: $\rho=\frac{nA}{{V_{c}}{N_{A}}}$ $\rho=\frac{6\times9.01}{{4.3\times10^{-23}}\times{6.023\times10^{23}}}=2.07\frac{g}{cm^3}$
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