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Title: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
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SCH 409: Structural Chemistry
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Presentation Outline

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Crystal Structure

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Departure From Perfect Crystal

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CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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Gases

Particles are very far
apart

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Gases

Particles are very far
apart
Particles move very
fast
No definite shape and
No definite volume

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Liquid

Particles are spread
apart
Particles move slowly
through a container

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Liquid

Particles are spread
apart
Particles move slowly
through a container
No definite shape but
do have a definite
volume
Flow from one
container to another
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Solid

Particles are tightly packed and close together
Particles do move but not very much

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Solid

Particles are tightly packed and close together
Particles do move but not very much
Definite shape and definite volume (because
particles are packed closely and do not move)
Most solids are crystals

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Solid

Particles are tightly packed and close together
Particles do move but not very much
Definite shape and definite volume (because
particles are packed closely and do not move)
Most solids are crystals
Crystals are made of unit cells (repeating
patterns)
The shape of a crystal reflects the
arrangement of the particles within the solid
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Objectives

Be able to identify a unit cell in a symmetrical
pattern
Know that (in 3 dimensions) there are 7 (&
ONLY 7!!) → Possible unit cell shapes
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Objectives

Be able to identify a unit cell in a symmetrical
pattern
Know that (in 3 dimensions) there are 7 (&
ONLY 7!!) → Possible unit cell shapes
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Elementary Crystallography

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Crystalline Material

atoms self-organize in a
periodic array

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Single crystal

atoms are in a repeating or
periodic array over the
entire extent of the material
(each atom is related to
every other equivalent atom
in the structure by
translational symmetry)
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Polycrystalline material

Is made up of an aggregate
of many small single
crystals (crystallites or
grains)
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Polycrystalline material

Is made up of an aggregate
of many small single
crystals (crystallites or
grains)
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These regions are called grains
(or domains) & are separated
from one another by grain
boundaries
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Polycrystalline material

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Amorphous (Non-crystalline) Solids

lacks a systematic atomic
arrangement

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Presentation Outline

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Crystal Structure

2

Departure From Perfect Crystal

3

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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They contain impurities, voids,
misplaced atoms and other
defects
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Departure From Perfect Crystal

Crystals are not perfect
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crystalline defects are responsible
for many of the useful properties
of materials; a perfect and
perfectly pure crystal is generally
useless
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Crystal Structure

2

Departure From Perfect Crystal

3

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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Symmetry of a crystal can have a
profound influence on its
properties
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Why crystallography is essential
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Any crystal structure should be
specified completely, concisely
and unambiguously
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Why crystallography is essential
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Any crystal structure should be
specified completely, concisely
and unambiguously
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Symmetry properties of the lattice

What about translation?
Translations are restricted to only
certain values to get symmetry
(periodicity)

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This array of points is a LATTICE

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Not a lattice:

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some kind of STRUCTURE because
not just points

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Summary: Lattice structure

An ideal crystal is constructed by
the infinite repetition of identical
groups of atoms
A group is called the basis

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Title: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Description: The latest updated notes on physical chemistry