Exam 18: The Solid State a Particulate View

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According to band theory, when the lower-energy ____band is separated from the higher-energy____band by a large band gap, the material will act as a(n)____ of electricity.

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When silicon (Si) is doped with phosphorus (P), it produces a(n) _____-type semiconductor.

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Just as visible light is diffracted by the finely spaced grooves on a compact disc (CD), electromagnetic radiation in the _______range has the appropriate wavelength to be diffracted by atoms and electron density in a crystalline lattice.

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Iridium adopts an fcc structure with a unit cell edge length of approximately 383.9 pm.Estimate A) the radius of an Ir atom, B) the length of the face diagonal from opposite corners on one side), and C) the length of the body diagonal across the unit cell from opposite corners on opposite sides).Express your answers in picometers.

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The two types of closest-packed lattices are

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A tetrahedral hole in a crystal lattice is defined as

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The hybridization of carbon in graphite is

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Cesium chloride adopts a simple cubic lattice where the eight Cl- ions lie at the corners of the cubic unit cell and the Cs+ ion lies in the center of the cube.If the edge length of the unit cell is approximately 412.3 pm and the ionic radius of Cl- is about 181 pm, calculate an estimate of the ionic radius of Cs+.

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GaAs and AlGaAs2 are used in what type of semiconductor device?

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Substances such as silicon dioxide that can have the same empirical formula but different crystal structures and properties are termed

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In the Bragg equation, θ\theta refers to the angle of_____ or_____ and 2 θ\theta refers to the angle of______

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Which of the following unit cells has the lowest packing efficiency?

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Nickel aluminide, Ni3Al, is sometimes used as a strengthening constituent in high-temperature nickel-base superalloys.It is approximately 13.3% aluminum (r = 143 pm) and 86.7% nickel (r = 124 pm).Ni3Al is best classified as

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Stainless steel is less susceptible to rusting than iron because

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Suppose that approximately one-third of the octahedral holes in the fcc lattice of iron (Fe; r= 126 pm) is occupied by a carbon atom (C; r = 77 pm).Which of the following is its probable composition?

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Which unit cell contains the most atoms?

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Explain why a binary substitutional alloy tends to be harder than the pure host metal.

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In the unit cell of sphalerite,

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Aluminum is resistant to corrosion because of

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For an alloy composed of two elements whose composition can be variable, if the radii of the two elements are approximately the same, the alloy is most likely to be a(n) ____alloy, while if the radii are significantly different, the alloy is most likely to be a(n) _____alloy.

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