1. a) A simple cubic crystal is formed of atoms which interact with a Lennard-Jones potential...
A common approximation to the interatomic forces in a material is the Lennard-Jones potential between neighboring atoms in a solid: U(r) = A/r12 - B/r6 This can be used to find various information about a solid material. Assume that for the lattice of a particular alloy of copper, the Lennard-Jones constants are: A = 2.39 ⨯ 10-133 J·m12 B = 3.19 ⨯ 10-76 J·m6 Find the following: (a) The equilibrium distance between neighboring atoms in the copper lattice (this is...
3.1. Potentials Between Atoms As a model of thermal expansion, we study the distance between two nearest neighbor atoms in an anharmonic potential that looks roughly like this V(2) ...AkpT 10 where r is the distance between the two neighboring atoms. This potential can be expanded around its minimum as V(x) = (x – ro) - (x – 2)*+... (2) where the minimum is at position to and K3 > 0. For small energies, we can truncate the series at...
EENG 245 Physical electronics HW 1 1) The NaCl crystal is cubic, and can be described as follows. Na atoms sit at the corners and faces of a cube, and Cl atoms sit in between two Na atoms. This means that a Clatom is found half-way along each of the cube edges, and there is a Cl in the center of the cube. (We could also have described the lattice by interchanging Na and Cl in the description above.) Another...