3. Crystal Structure and Defects

Crystallography — Quiz

Test your understanding of crystallography with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

A crystal plane intercepts the unit cell axes at -a, 2b, and 3c. What are its Miller indices?

Question 2

Calculate the interplanar spacing d for the (220) planes in a cubic crystal with lattice parameter a=0.60 nm.

Question 3

What is the coordination number in a face-centered cubic (FCC) lattice?

Question 4

Which lattice is the reciprocal lattice of a body-centered cubic (BCC) direct lattice?

Question 5

In X-ray diffraction of an FCC crystal, reflections occur only when the Miller indices h, k, and l are: