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Paper 2019
Short question
1.Calculate the number of carbon atoms per unit cell of diamond?

2.What is short range and long range order?
3. How does a crystal differ from a lattice?
4.Why do inert or noble gases get liquefied and solidified at very low temperature?
5.What is the structure factor for simple cubic crystal?
6. How does a Fermi electron gas differ from an ordinary gas?
7. Describe the role of hydrogen bonding during formation of ice.
8. Why do alkali metals exhibit bcc structure?
9. What is the normal scattering process of a photon?
10. State Dulong and Petit's iaw.
11. What is Debye temperature?
12.What is free electron gas?
13.What is Wicdmann-Frannz law?
14. Define density of states?
15. What are the failures of classical free clectron theory?
16. What are miller indices of a plane and a direction?
Long question
Q.2 (12+4)
a) What is a Briilouin zone? Find the Brillouin zones of BCC and FCC lattice in reciprocal
space.
b) Draw (110) plane in the unit cell of a cubic erystal. Show all the <111> directions that lie
on this plane and give the miller indices of each direction.
Q.3. (12+4)
a) Derive an expression for the lattice heat capacity of a solid following Einstein Model.
Discuss the
assuinptions & predictions of this Model and compare it with experimental observations at
high and low temperatures.
b) The Debye temperature Op for diamond is 230K. Calculate the highest possible
vibrational frequency
Op and the molar specific heat of diamond at 10K. (R= 8.314x 10 JKmole-1 K-1, h=6.63 x 10
Js, k=
1.38 x 10^-23J)
Q4. (12+4)
a) Explain Max Von Laue's cquations, discuss and derive Bragg's law from these equations.
b) Copper (63.54 amu) with fcc lattice has density of 8960 kg/m^3, Calculate the unit cell
dimension and the radius of Cu atom. (lamu= 1.66 x 10^-27kg).
Q.5. (12+4)
a) Obtain dispersion relatíon for 1D diatomic lattice and discuss the nature of acoustie and
optical ntodes.
(i) Show that the group velocity vanishes at zone boundary.
(ii) Find the maximum frequency that can
propagate through crystal.
b) Find out reciprocal lattice vectors for a space lattice defined by the primitive vectors a=
5i+5j-
5k, b =-5i+5j+5k.c = 5i-5j+5k. Also, find volume of the primitive cell.
Q.6. (12+4)
a) What is Sommerfeld's quantum theory of metals? Describe free electren gas nodel in 1D,
draw 1 at 4 Wave functions and corresponding energy levels of an electron for 1D crystal.
b) The radius of sodium atom (bcc) is 1.86 x 10^-10m. Calculate the Fermi energy of sodium
at absolute zero.
Paper 2021
Short question
1.How does a grain differ from a lattice?

2.What is Bragg's law?
3.Write the Laue's equations for X-ray diffraction.
4.Define atomic form factor?
5.What are Miller indices of directions and planes?
6.Differentiate non-primitive cell and conventional cell.
7.What is dispersion bond?
8.What are primary and secondary bonds?
9.Describe the role of hydrogen bond during formation of ice.
10.What is meant by acoustic mode of wave propagation in a diatomic crystal?
11.Define phase velocity and group velocity.
12.What is a Fermi Dirac distribution function?
13.Give drawbacks of Debye model.
14.What is the value of heat capacity for most of solids at room temperature?
15.Can a metal be associated with two Fermi temperatures?
16.How does Fermi energy depend on the mass of metallic sample?
Long question
Q2 (8+8)
a) What is a Briilouin zone? Discuss the construction of first Brillouin zones of BCC and
FCC lattice.
on this plane and give the miller indices of each direction
a) Q3 (10+6)
a)Obtain dispersion relation for the lattice waves in a diatomic 1D crystal and discuss the
nature of
acoustic and optic modes. Show that the group velocity vanishes at the zone boundary. Give
physical interpretation of the result.
b) Describe the movement of atoms in the optical and acoustic modes of wave propagation
for a
linear diatomic crystal.
Q4 (10+6)
a) Obtain Max Von Laue's equations for X-ray diffraction by crystals. Show that these are
consistent with the Bragg's law.
b)Prové that fcc lattice is reciprocal to bxc lattice.
Q5 (10+6)
a) Obtain an expression for the energy eigen values of an electron using the Sommerfeld's
free
electron theory in one dimension?
b) What are the failures of the Drude-Lorentz free electron theory?
Q6 (10+6)
a) Describe the Einstein model of lattice heat capacity. Discuss the successes and failures of
this
model.
b) What are normal and umclapp processes?Explain with the help of vector diagramss.
Paper 2022
Short question
1.Calculate the angle which [111] direction of a cube lattice makes with [1 10] direction.
2.Why crystals cannot have 5-fold symmetry?
Prove.
3.What are primary and secondary bonds? Give example.
4.How does a Fermi electron gas differ from an ordinary gas?
5.Give drawbacks of Debye model of heat capacity.
6.Calculate the number of carbon atoms per unit cell of diamond.
7.Show that in the long wavelength limit, the velocity of sound is independent of frequency.
8.Why do inert or noble gases get liquefied and solidified at very low temperature.
9.What are directional bonds? Give example.
10.What is the physical significance of optical and acoustic modes nomenclatures in a linear
diatomic
lattice?
11.What is Van der Waals 'interaction? Is it present in all types of solids?
12.How does hydrogen bond differ from dipole bond?
13.Describe Extinction Rules of X-ray diffractions in Cubic Crystals?
14.Give differences b/w Einstein and Debye models.
15.What is a Fermi Dirac distribution function?
16.Why do alkali metals exhibit bcc structure?
Long question
Q.2 (12+4)
a)Explain loosely and closely packed structures? Find coordination number, effective
numberof
atoms per unit cell, relation betweena to r and the packing fraction of se, bcc, fec, de and
hep
structures.
b)Show (111) and (222) planes in a cubic unit cell of side a, Compute the distances of these
planes from a parallel plane passing through the origin.
Q.3 (10+6)
a)Derive an expression for the lattice heat capacity of a solid following Einstein Model.
Discuss
the assumptions & predictions of this Model and compare it with experimental observations
at
high and low temperatures.
b)A light of wavelength 4000 Å is inelastically scattered by diamond crystal of refractive
index
2.42. Calculate the maximum frequency of phonon generated and the fractional change in
the
frequency of incident radiation (V, = 12000 m/s).
Q.4 (10+6)
a)Explain Max Von Laue's equations, discuss and derive Bragg's law from these equations.
b)Copper (63.54 amu) with fec lattice has density of 8960 kg/m, Calculate the unit cell
dimension and the radius of Cu atom. (l amu = 1.66 x 10^-27 kg).
Q.5 (12+4)
a) What is a Briilouin zone? Discuss the construction of first Brillouin zones of BCC and
FCC lattice.
on this plane and give the miller indices of each direction.
Q.6 (10+6)
a) Obtain dispersion relatíon for 1D diatomic lattice and discuss the nature of acoustie and
optical ntodes.
(i) Show that the group velocity vanishes at zone boundary.
(ii) Find the maximum frequency that can
propagate through crystal.
b)Obtain the vector fromof Bragg's law from Ewald construction in reciprocal lattice.

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