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In (100) plane one atom at each of the four cube corners and each of that is shared with four adjacent
unit cells, while the center atom lies entirely within the unit cell. (Figure in part-1)
The planar section represented in the above figure is a square, wherein thes side lengths are equal to the unit cell edge length, 2R^2 and the area of this square is
(2R 2)^2 = 8R^2
. Hence, the planar density for this (100) plane is just
PD100 = number of atoms centered on (100) plane / area of (100) plane
= 2 atoms / 8*R^2 = 1 / 4R^2 (Ans part -2)
(Figure in part- 3)
In FCC (111) plane a unit cell contain six atoms whose centers lie on this plane, labeled A through F. One-sixth of each of atoms A,D, and F are associated with this plane (yielding an equivalence of one-half atom), with one-half of each of atoms B, C, and E (or an equivalence of one and one-half atoms) for a total equivalence of two atoms. Now, the area of the triangle shown in the above figure is equal to one-half of the product of the base length and the height, h. We consider half of the triangle, then
(2R)^2+ h^2= (4R)^2
which leads to h = 2R 3 .
Thus, the area is equal to
Area = 4R(h) / 2 = (4R)(2R^2 3) / 2 = 4R^2 3 (Ans part-3)
And, thus, the planar density is
PD111 = number of atoms centered on (111) plane / area of (111) plane
= 2 atoms / 4R^2 3 = 1 / 2R^2 3 (Ans part-4)
If we took r = 0.143 nm for aluminium
PD100 (Al) = 1 / 4*R^2 = 1 / 4 (0.143nm)^2 = 12.23 nm-2 (Ans part -5)
LD100(Al) = 1/2R2 = 1/2*0.143*2 = 2.47 nm-1
PD111(Al) = 1/2R2 3= 1/2 3 (0.143 nm)2 = 14.11 nm-2 (Ans part -6)
LD111(Al) = 1/2R6 = 1/2*0.143*6 = 1.427 nm-1

