Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure (HCP) : - ABAB... Stacking Sequence - 3D Projection - 2D Projection
Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure (HCP) : - ABAB... Stacking Sequence - 3D Projection - 2D Projection
Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure (HCP) : - ABAB... Stacking Sequence - 3D Projection - 2D Projection
(HCP)
• ABAB... Stacking Sequence
• 3D Projection • 2D Projection
nA
=
VC NA
2
Theoretical Density,
• Ex: Cr (BCC)
A = 52.00 g/mol
R = 0.125 nm
n = 2 atoms/unit cell
R
Adapted from
a a = 4R/ 3 = 0.2887 nm
Fig. 3.2(a), Callister &
Rethwisch 3e.
atoms
g
unit cell 2 52.00 theoretical = 7.18 g/cm3
mol
= actual = 7.19 g/cm3
a3 6.022 x 1023
volume atoms
unit cell mol 3
Atomic Bonding in Ceramics
• Bonding:
-- Can be ionic and/or covalent in character.
-- % ionic character increases with difference in
electronegativity of atoms.
• Degree of ionic character may be large or small:
CaF2: large
SiC: small
Adapted from Fig. 2.7, Callister & Rethwisch 3e. (Fig. 2.7 is adapted from Linus Pauling, The Nature of the
Chemical Bond, 3rd edition, Copyright 1939 and 1940, 3rd edition. Copyright 1960 by
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Bond Hybridization
Bond Hybridization is possible when there is significant
covalent bonding
– hybrid electron orbitals form
– For example for SiC
• XSi = 1.8 and XC = 2.5
• Ionic-Covalent Mixed Bonding
(X A X B )2
4
% ionic character = 1 e
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Factors that Determine Crystal Structure
1. Relative sizes of ions – Formation of stable structures:
--maximize the # of oppositely charged ion neighbors.
- - - - - -
+ + +
Adapted from Fig. 3.4,
Callister & Rethwisch 3e.
- - - - - -
unstable stable stable
2. Maintenance of
Charge Neutrality: F-
CaF 2 : Ca 2+ +
--Net charge in ceramic
cation anions
should be zero.
--Reflected in chemical F-
formula:
A m Xp
m, p values to achieve charge neutrality
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