Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure (HCP) : - ABAB... Stacking Sequence - 3D Projection - 2D Projection

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Hexagonal Close-Packed Structure

(HCP)
• ABAB... Stacking Sequence
• 3D Projection • 2D Projection

A sites Top layer


c
B sites Middle layer

A sites Bottom layer


a Adapted from Fig. 3.3(a),
Callister & Rethwisch 3e.

• Coordination # = 12 6 atoms/unit cell


• APF = 0.74 ex: Cd, Mg, Ti, Zn
• c/a = 1.633 1
Theoretical Density, 

Mass of Atoms in Unit Cell


Density =  =
Total Volume of Unit Cell

nA
 =
VC NA

where n = number of atoms/unit cell


A = atomic weight
VC = Volume of unit cell = a3 for cubic
NA = Avogadro’s number
= 6.022 x 1023 atoms/mol

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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
Cornell University. 4
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 
 
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
% ionic character = 1 e 

   

where XA & XB are Pauling electronegativities


• 11.5 % ionic character

• ~ 89% covalent bonding
• Both Si and C prefer sp3 hybridization
• Therefore, for SiC, Si atoms occupy tetrahedral sites 5
Ceramic Crystal Structures
Oxide structures
– oxygen anions larger than metal cations
– close packed oxygen in a lattice (usually FCC)
– cations fit into interstitial sites among oxygen ions

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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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