Structures of METAL and CERAMICS
Structures of METAL and CERAMICS
Structures of METAL and CERAMICS
AND CERAMICS
Engr. Lina D. dela Cruz
Chemical Engineering Department
Technological Institute of the Philippines
Why Study Structures of Metals and
Ceramics
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The Face-Centered Cubic
Crystal
The crystal structure found for many metals
has a unit cell of cubic geometry, with
atoms located at each of the corners and
the centers of all the cubic faces.
FACE CENTERED CUBIC STRUCTURE
(FCC)
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Hexagonal Closed Packed (HCP)
A sites
B sites
A sites
THEORETICAL DENSITY
Ceramic Crystal structure